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A   COLLECTION  (.  FR:;\V 


HYMNS 


PUBLIC,  SOCIAL,  AND  DOMESTIC 


WORSHIP. 


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Sing  praises  to  God,  sing  praises.— Psalm  xlvii.  6. 
There  are  no  songs  comparable  to  the  songs  of  Zion 

Milton 


Naspillt,  Qttnn. : 

SOUTHERN  METHODIST  PUBLISHING  HOUSE. 
1881. 


Altered,  according  to  Act  or  Coagress,  In  the  year  1880, 

By  J.  B.  McFEREIN,  Agent, 
m  the  Office  of  the  Librarian  of  Congress,  at  Washington. 


.PREFACE. 


The  General  Conference  of  the  M.  E.  Church, 
South,  of  1878,  adopted  the  following  Eesoiu- 
tion: 

Re&olve'},  That  the  Book  Asent,  with  the  approval 
of  the  Book  Editor,  the  Book  Committee,  and  one  of 
the  Bishops,  be  allowed  to  publish  at  pleasure,  in  the 
interest  of  the  General  Conference,  a  small  hymn  or 
song-book,  suited  to  revival,  prayer,  and  social  meet- 
ings. 

Acting  under  this  authority,  the  present  work 
has  been  prepared. 

The  peculiar  taste  of  no  particular  person  or 
locality  has  been  consulted  in  the  otoissions, 
abridgments,  and  additions,  but  the  wants  of 
the  entire  Connection. 

The  arrangement  in  the  standard  "Hymn- 
book,"  and  the  "Hymn  and  Tune-book,"  h;is 
been  preserved,  as  well  as  the  most  common 
hymns  and  tunes  in  those  works,  so  that  it  can 
be  used  in  connection  with  them. 

The  compiler  of  the  tunes  found  it  expedi- 
ent to  change  the  order  of  some  of  the  hymns 
in  particular  sections,  in  accommodation  to  the 
tunes  to  wdiich  they  may  be  sung. 

Great  care  has  been  taken  in  the  abridg- 
ment of  hymns,  so  as  not  to  injure  their  senti- 
ment or  poetical  character. 

An  edition  of  the  hymns  without  the  tunes 
has  been  issued  for  the  accommodation  of  those 
who  may  desire  it. 

The  ligures  in  parentheses,  at  the  head  of 
each  hymn,  refer  to  the  notation  in  the  standard 
Hymn-book — "Z"  refers  to  "Songs  of  Zion." 

Publishing  House  of  the  M.  E.  Church,  Soutti 
^'ashville,  Tennessee,  March  16,  1880. 

(3) 


CONTENTS. 


PART  I.— PUBLIC  WORSHIP.  page 

Sec.  I.  Being  and  Perfections  of  God.         5-18 

11.  Medication  of  Christ 18-39 

III.  Offices  of  the  Holy  Ghost 40-45 

IV.  Institutions  of  Christianity : — 

1.  The  Church 45-52 

2.  The  Ministry 52f-59 

8.  Baptism 59-61 

4.  The  Lord's  Supper 61-65 

5.  The  Sabbath 66-69 

V.  The  Gospel  Call 69-83 

VI.  Penitential  Exercises 83-99 

VII.  Christian  Experience  : — 

-    1.  Justification  and  the  New 

Birth _ 99-112 

2.  Entire  Sanctification  and 

Perfect  Love 112-121 

3.  Duties  and  Trials 121-155 

VIII.  Death  and  the  Future  State...  155-178 

IX.  Special  Occasions: — 

1.  Missions 179-184 

2.  Bible 184,185 

3.  Erection  of  Churches....  185-187 

4.  Education  of  Youth 187-189 

5.  The  Seasons : 190-193 

6.  National  Solemnities 193-195 

7.  On  a  Voyage 195 

PART  II.— SOCIAL  WORSHIP. 

Sec.  L  Communion  of  Saints 196-204 

IL  Prayer 205-210 

PART  III.— DOMESTIC  WORSHIP. 

Sec.  L  The  Family 211-219 

IL  The  Closet 219,220 

Benedictions  and  Doxologies 221 

Miscellany 222-235 

(4) 


HYMNS, 


PAKT  I. 

For  Public  Worship. 

SECTION  I. 

Being  and  Perfections  of  God. 

1  C.  M.  (1) 

The  Trinity. 

A  THOUSAND  oracles  divine 
Their  common  beams  unite, 
That  sinners  may  with  angels  join 
To  worship  God  aright: 

2  To  praise  a  Trinity  adored 
By  all  the  hosts  above; 

And  one  thrice  holy  God  and  Lord 
Through  endless  ages  love. 

3  Triumphant  host !  tliey  never  cease 
To  laud  and  magnify 

The  Triune  God  of  holiness, 
Whose  glory  fills  the  sky : 

4  Whose  glory  to  this  earth  extends, 
When  God  himself  imparts, 

And  the  whole  Trinity  descends 
Into  our  faithful  hearts. 

.        (5) 


b  BEING   AND    PERFECTIONS 

2  6,6,4,6,6,6,4.  (8) 
The  Trinity. — Before  Sermon. 

COME,  thou  almighty  King, 
Help  us  thy  name  to  sing, 
Help  us  to  praise! 
Father  all  glorious, 
O'er  all  victorious, 
Come  and  reign  over  us, 
Ancient  of  days. 

2  Come,  thou  incarnate  Word, 
Gird  on  thy  mighty  sword, 

Our  prayer  attend : 
Come,  and  thy  people  bless, 
And  give  thy  word  success : 
Spirit  of  holiness, 

On  us  descend ! 

3  Come,  holy  Comforter, 
Thy  sacred  witness  bear 

In  this  glad  hour: 
Thou  who  almighty  art, 
Now  rule  in  every  heart, 
And  ne'er  from  us  depart, 

Spirit  of  power ! 

4  To  the  great  One  and  Three 
Eternal  praises  be 

Hence — evermore ! 
His  sovereign  majesty 
May  we  in  glory  see. 
And  to  eternity 

Love  and  adore. 

3  L.  M.  (21) 
Divine  3Tajesty. 

ETERNAL  Power,  whose  high  abode 
Becomes  the  grandeur  of  a  God : 
Infinite  lengths  beyond  the  bounds 
Where  stars  revolve  their  little  rounds. 


OF    GOD.  / 

2  Thee  while  the  first  archangel  sings, 
He  hides  his  face  behind  his  wings; 
And  ranks  of  shining  thrones  around 
Fall  worshiping,  and  spread  the  ground. 

3  Lord,  what  shall  earth  and  ashes  do? 
We  would  adore  our  Maker  too! 
I-'roni  sin  and  dust  to  thee  we  cry, 
Tlie  Great,  the  Holy,  and  the  High ! 

4  Earth  from  afar  hath  heard  thy  fame, 
And  worms  have  learned  to  lisp  thy  name ; 
But  O !  the  glories  of  thy  mind 

Leave  all  our  soaring  thoughts  behind ! 

5  God  is  in  heaven,  and  men  below : 
Be  short,  our  tunes ;  our  words,  be  few ! 
A  solemn  reverence  checks  our  songs, 
And  praise  sits  silent  on  our  tongues. 

S.  M.  (26) 

All-sufficiency, 

MY  God,  my  life,  my  love. 
To  thee,  to  thee  I  call: 

1  cannot  live  if  thou  remove, 
For  thou  art  all  in  all. 

2  Thy  shining  grace  can  cheer 
This  dungeon  where  I  dwell-: 

'Tis  paradise  when  thou  art  here — 
If  thou  depart,  'tis  hell. 

3  To  thee,  and  thee  alone. 
The  angels  owe  their  bliss : 

They  sit  around  thy  gracious  throne. 
And  dwell  where  Jesus  is. 

4  Thou  art  the  sea  of  love, 
Where  all  my  pleasures  roll : 

The  circle  Avhere  my  passions  move, 
And  center  of  my  soul. 


8  BEING   AND    PEKFECTIONS 

5  To  tliee  my  spirits  fly, 

With  infinite  desire: 
And  yet  how  far  from  thee  I  lie ! 

O  Jesus,  raise  me  higher ! 

5  L.M.  ■  (45) 
Opening  worship. 

OTHOU,  whom  all  thy  saints  adore, 
We  now  with  all  thy  saints  agree. 
And  bow  our  inmost  souls  before 
Thy  glorious,  awful  majesty. 

2  We  come,  great  God,  to  seek  thy  face. 
And  for  thy  loving-kindness  wait; 

And  O,  how  dreadful  is  this  place ! 

'Tis  God's  own  house,  'tis  heaven's  gate. 

3  Tremble  our  hearts  to  find  thee  nigh, 
To  thee  our  trembling  hearts  aspire ; 

And  lo !  we  see  descend  from  high 
The  pillar  and  the  flame  of  fire. 

4  Still  let  it  on  th'  assembly  stay. 
And  all  the  house  with  glory  fill ; 

To  Canaan's  bounds  point  out  the  way. 
And  lead  us  to  thy  holy  hill. 

6  L.  M.  (38) 

The  Father  of  mercies. 

GOD  of  my  life,  whose  gracious  power 
Through  various  deaths  my  soul  hath  led, 
Or  turned  aside  the  fatal  hour, 
Or  lifted  up  my  sinking  head: 

2  In  all  my  ways  thy  hand  I  own, 
Thy  ruling  providence  I  see : 

Assist  me  still  my  course  to  run, 
And  still  direct  my  paths  to  thee. 

3  Whither,  O  whither  should  I  fly, 
But  to  my  loving  Saviour's  breast? 


OF   GOD.  » 

Secure  within  thine  arms  to  lie, 
And  safe  beneath  thy  wings  to  rest. 

4  I  have  no  skill  the  snare  to  shun, 
But  tliou,  O  Christ,  my  wisdom  art ! 

I  ever  into  ruin  run. 

But  thou  art  greater  than  my  heart. 

5  Foolish,  and  impotent,  and  blind, 
Lead  me  a  way  I  have  not  known : 

Bring  me  where  I  my  heaven  may  find, 
The  heaven  of  loving  thee  alone. 

7  CM.  (29) 
"Doing  wonders." 

FATHER,  how  wide  thy  glory  shines ! 
How  high  thy  wonders  rise! 
Known  through  the  earth  by  thousand  si^us, 
By  thousands  through  the  skies. 

2  Those  mighty  orbs  proclaim  thy  powei . 
Their  motions  speak  thy  skill ; 

And  on  the  wings  of  every  hour 
We  read  thy  patience  still. 

3  But  when  we  view  thy  strange  design 
To  save  rebellious  worms, 

Where  vengeance  and  compassion  join 
In  their  divinest  forms, 

4  Our  thoughts  are  lost  in  reverent  awe ; 
We  love,  and  Ave  adore: 

The  first  archangel  never  saw 
So  much  of  God  before. 

8  C.  M.  (35) 
"  Wonderfid  in  counsel" 

'^OD  moves  in  a  mysterious  way 

His  wonders  to  perform ; 
He  plants  his  footsteps  in  the  sea, 
And  rides  upon  the  storm. 


G' 


■JO  BEING   AND   PERFECTIONS 

2  Deep  in  nnfatliomable  mines 
Of  never-failing  skill 

He  treasures  up  ids  bright  designs, 
And  works  his  sovereign  will. 

3  Ye  fearful  saints,  fresh  courage  take: 
The  clouds  ye  so  much  dread 

Are  big  with  mercy,  and  shall  break 
In  blessings  on  your  head. 

4  Judge  not  the  Lord  by  feeble  sense, 
But  trust  him  for  his  grace : 

Behind  a  frowning  providence 
He  hides  a  smiling  face. 

5  His  purposes  will  ripen  fast, 
Unfolding  every  hour: 

The  bud  may  have  a  bitter  taste, 
But  sweet  will  be  the  flower. 

1  6  Blind  unbelief  is  sure  to  err, 

And  scan  his  work  in  vain: 
God  is  his  own  interpreter. 
And  he  will  make  it  plain. 

9  C.  M.  (37) 

Too  wise  to  err — too  good  to  he  unhind. 

SINCE  all  tlie  varying  scenes  of  time 
God's  watchful  eye  surveys, 
O,  who  so  wise  to  choose  our  lot, 
Or  to  appoint  our  ways ! 

2  Good  when  he  gives — supremely  good — 
Nor  less  when  he  denies: 

E'en  crosses,  from  his  sovereign  hand. 
Are  blessings  in  disguise. 

3  Why  should  we  doubt  a  Father's  love, 
So  constant  and  so  kind? 

To  his  unerring,  gracious  will 
Be  everv  wish  resigned. 


OF    GOD.  11 

10  L.  M.  (59) 

Psalm  c. 

BEFORE  Jehovah's  Jiwful  throne, 
Ye  nations  bow  with  sacred  joy: 
Know  that  the  Lord  is  God  alone, 
He  can  create,  and  he  destroy. 

2  His  sovereign  power,  without  our  aid, 
Made  us  of  clay,  and  formed  us  men; 

And  when,  like  wandering  sheep,  we  strayed, 
lie  brought  us  to  his  fold  again. 

3  We'll  crowd  thy  gates  with  thankful  songs, 
High  as  the  heavens  our  voices  raise ; 

And  earth,  with  her  ten  thousand  tongues, 
Shall  fill  thy  courts  with  sounding  praise. 

4  Wide  as  the  world  is  thy  command ; 
Vast  as  eternity  thy  love ; 

Firm  as  a  rock  thy  truth  must  stand. 
When  rolling  years  shall  ceiise  to  move. 

11  L.  M.  (55) 
Psalm  xxxvi.  5-9. 

HIGH  in  the  heavens,  eternal  God, 
Thy  goodness  in  full  glory  shines ; 
Thy  truth  shall  break  through  every  cloud 
That  veils  and  darkens  thy  designs. 

2  Forever  firm  thy  justice  stands, 

As  mountains  their  foundations  keep; 
Wise  are  the  wonders  of  thy  hands. 
Thy  judgments  are  a  mighty  deep. 

3  Thy  providence  is  kind  and  large. 
Both  man  and  beast  thy  bounty  share: 

The  wliole  creation  is  thy  charge. 
But  saints  are  thy  peculiar  care. 


12  BEING   AND    PERFECTIONS 

4  My  God!  how  excellent  thy  grace! 
Whence  all  our  hope  and  comfort  springs: 

The  sons  of  Adam  in  distress 
Fly  to  the  shadow  of  thy  wings. 

5  Life,  like  a  fountain,  rich  and  free, 
Springs  from  the  presence  of  the  Lord ; 

And  in  thy  light  our  souls  shall  see 
The  glories  promised  in  thy  word. 

12  C.  M.  (40) 
Exodus  xxxiv.  5,  6. 

GKEAT  God !  to  me  the  sight  afford 
To  him  of  old  allowed ; 
And  let  my  faith  behold  its  Lord, 
Descending  in  a  cloud ! 

2  The  Lord,  the  mighty  God,  thou  art, 
But  let  me  rather  prove 

That  name  inspoken  to  my  heart, 
That  fav'rite  name  of  Love. 

3  Merciful  God,  thyself  proclaim 
In  this  polluted  breast: 

Mercy  is  thy  distinguished  name, 
And  suits  the  sinner  best. 

4  Our  mis'ry  doth  for  pity  call, 
Our  sin  implores  thy  grace; 

And  thou  art  merciful  to  all 
Our  lost,  apostate  race. 

13  C.  M.  (41) 
Exodus  xxxiv.  6,  7. 

THY  ceaseless,  unexhausted  love, 
Unmerited  and  free, 
Delights  our  evil  to  remove, 
And  help  our  misery. 


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OF   GOD.  13 

2  Thou  waitest  to  be  gracious  still, 
Thou  dost  with  sinners  bear, 

That,  saved,  Ave  may  tliy  goodness  feel. 
And  all  thy  grace  declare. 

3  Thy  goodness  and  thy  truth  to  me, 
To  every  soul,  abound : 

A  vast  unfathomable  sea. 

Where  all  our  thoughts  are  drowned. 

4  Its  streams  the  whole  creation  reach, 
So  plenteous  is  the  store ; 

Enough  for  all,  enough  for  each, 
Enough  forevermore. 

14  S.  M.  (60) 

Psahn  ciii.  1-7. 
BLESS  the  Lord,  my  soul! 
Let  all  within  me  join. 
And  aid  my  tongue  to  bless  his  name, 
Whose  favors  are  divine. 

2  O  bless  the  Lord,  my  soul ! 
Nor  let  his  mercies  lie 

Forgotten  in  unthankfulness. 
And  without  praises  die. 

3  'T  is  he  forgives  thy  sins ; 
'Tis  he  relieves  thy  pain; 

'T  is  he  who  heals  thy  sicknesses, 
And  makes  thee  young  again. 

4  He  crowns  thy  life  with  love. 
When  ransomed  from  the  grave : 

He,  who  redeemed  my  soul  from  hell. 
Hath  sovereign  power  to  save. 

15  S.  M.  (61) 
Psalm  ciii.  8-12. 

Y  soul,  repeat  His  praise. 
Whose  mercies  are  so  great; 


M 


14  BEING   AND    PERFECTIONS  1 

Whose  anger  is  so  slow  to  rise, 
So  ready  to  abate. 

2  God  will  not  always  chide ; 
And  when  his  strokes  are  felt, 

His  strokes  are  fewer  than  our  crimes, 
And  lighter  than  our  guilt. 

3  High  as  the  heavens  are  raised 
Above  the  ground  we  tread, 

So  far  the  riches  of  his  grace 
Our  highest  thoughts  exceed. 

4  His  power  subdues  our  sins ; 
And  his  forgiving  love, 

Far  as  the  east  is  from  the  west, 
Doth  all  our  guilt  remove. 

16  S.  M.  (57) 

Psalm  xcv.     Opening  worship. 

COME,  sound  his  praise  abroad, 
And  hymns  of  glory  sing: 
Jehovah  is  tlie  sovereign  God, 
The  universal  King. 

2  He  formed  the  deeps  unknown, 
He  gave  the  seas  their  bound ; 

The  watery  worlds  are  all  his  own. 
And  all  the  solid  ground. 

3  Come,  worship  at  his  throne ; 
Come,  bow  before  the  Lord: 

We  are  his  work,  and  not  our  own, 
He  formed  us  by  his  word. 

4  To-day  attend  his  voice. 
Nor  dare  provoke  his  rod : 

Come,  like  the  people  of  his  choice, 
And  own  vour  gracious  God. 


OF   GOD.  1^ 

17  S.  M.  (50) 

Psalm  xix.     Before  morning  sermon. 

BEHOLD  the  morning  sun 
Begins  his  glorious  Avay ; 
His  beams  through  all  the  nations  run, 
And  life  and  light  convey. 

2  But  where  the  gospel  comes, 
It  spreads  diviner  light; 

It  calls  dead  sinners  from  their  tombs, 
And  gives  the  blind  their  sight. 

3  How  perfect  is  thy  word ! 
And  all  thy  judgments  just: 

Forever  sure  thy  promise,  Lord, 
And  men  securely  trust. 

4  My  gracious  God,  how  jjlain 
Are  thy  directions  given ! 

O  may  I  never  read  in  vain, 
But  find  the  path  to  heaven ! 

18  S.  M.  (53) 

Psalm  xxiii. 

THE  Lord  my  Shepherd  is, 
I  shall  be  well  supplied: 
Since  he  is  mine,  and  I  am  his. 
What  can  I  want  beside? 

2  He  leads  me  to  the  place 
Where  heavenly  pasture  grows, 

Where  living  Avaters  gently  pass, 
And  full  salvation  flows. 

3  If  e'er  I  go  astray. 

He  doth  my  soul  reclaim, 
And  guides  me  in  his  OAvn  right  way, 
For  his  most  holy  name. 


IG  BEING    AND    PERFECTIONS 

4  While  he  affords  his  aid, 

I  cannot  yield  to  fear: 
Though  I  should  walk  through  death's  dark 
shade, 

My  Shepherd's  with  me  there. 

19  C.  M.  (69) 

Psalm  cxxxix.  1-6. 

LORD,  all  I  am  is  known  to  thee : 
In  vain  my  soul  would  try 
To  shun  thy  presence,  or  to  flee 
The  notice  of  thine  eye. 

2  Thy  all-surrounding  sight  surveys 
My  rising  and  my  rest, 

My  public  walks,  my  private  ways, 
The  secrets  of  my  breast. 

3  My  thoughts  lie  open  to  thee.  Lord, 
Before  they're  formed  within  ; 

And  ere  my  lips  pronounce  the  word. 
Thou  know'st  the  sense  I  mean. 

4  O  wondrous  knowledge!  deep  and  high: 
Where  can  a  creature  hide? 

Within  thy  circling  arms  I  lie, 
Beset  on  every  side. 

5  So  let  thy  grace  surround  me  still. 
And  like  a  bulwark  prove. 

To  guard  my  soul  from  every  ill. 
Secured  by  sovereign  love. 

QO  C.  M.  (71) 

Psalm  cxlv. 

LET  every  tongue  thy  goodness  speak. 
Thou  sovereign  Lord  of  all ; 
Thy  strength' ning  hands  uphold  the  weak, 
And  raise  the  poor  that  fall. 


OF    GOD.  17 

2  When  sorrows  bow  the  spirit  down, 

When  virtue  lies  distressed, 
Beneath  the  proud  oppressor's  frown, 

Thou  giv'st  the  mourner  rest. 

S  Tliou  know'st  the  pains  thy  servants  feel, 
Thou  hear'st  thy  children's  cry; 

And  their  best  wishes  to  fulfill, 
Thy  grace  is  ever  nigh. 

4  Thy  mercy  never  shall  remove 
From  men  of  heart  sincere: 

Thou  sav'st  the  souls  whose  humble  love 
Is  joined  with  holy  fear. 

5  My  lips  shall  dwell  upon  thy  praise. 
And  spread  thy  fame  abroad : 

Let  all  tlie  sons  of  Adam  raise 
The  honors  of  their  God. 

21  8,8,8.  (72) 

Psalm  cxlvi. 

I'LL  praise  my  Maker  while  I've  breath. 
And  when  my  voice  is  lost  in  death, 
Praise  shall  employ  }ny  nobler  powers: 
My  days  of  praise  shall  ne'er  be  past. 
While  life,  and  thought,  and  being  last. 
Or  immortality  endures. 

2  Happy  the  man  whose  hopes  rely 
On  Israel's  God :  he  made  the  sky. 

And  earth,  and  seas,  with  all  tlieir  train: 
His  truth  forever  stands  secure : 
He  saves  th'  oppressed,  he  feeds  the  poor, 

And  none  shall  find  his  promise  vain. 

3  The  Lord  pours  eyesight  on  the  blind ; 
The  Lord  supports  the  fainting  mind ; 

He  sends  the  lab' ring  conscience  peace; 


18  MEDIATION    OF    CHRIST. 

He  helps  the  stranger  in  distress, 
The  widow  and  the  fatherless, 

And  grants  the  prisoner  sweet  release. 

4  T  '11  praise  him  while  he  lends  me  breath, 
And  when  my  voice  is  lost  in  death, 

Praise  shall  employ  my  nobler  powers : 
My  days  of  praise  shall  ne'er  be  past, 
While  life,  and  thought,  and  being  last, 

Or  immortality  endures. 


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SECTION  II. 

Mediation  of  Christ. 
22  7s. 

The  Incarnation. 

"ARK!  the  herald  angels  sing, 
''Glory  to  the  new-born  King; 
Peace  on  earth,  and  mercy  mild ; 
God  and  sinners  reconciled:" 
Joyful  all  ye  nations  rise. 
Join  the  triumphs  of  the  skies; 
With  th'  angelic  host  proclaim, 
"Christ  is  born  in  Bethlehem." 

2  Christ,  by  highest  heaven  adored, 
Christ,  the  everlasting  Lord : 
Late  in  time  behold  him  come, 
Ofispring  of  a  virgin's  womb. 
Veiled  in  flesh  the  Godhead  see, 
Hail  th'  incarnate  Deity! 
Pleased  as  man  with  men  t'  appear, 
Jesus  our  Immanuel  here. 


MEDIATION    OF    CHEIST.  19 

3  Hail !  the  heaven-born  Prince  of  peace ! 

Hail,  the  Sun  of  righteousness! 

Light  and  life  to  all  he  brings, 

Risen  with  healing  in  his  wings: 

Mild  he  lays  his  glory  by, 

Born  that  man  no  more  may  die; 

Born  to  raise  the  sons  of  earth ; 

Born  to  give  them  second  birth. 

23  C.  M.  (99) 
Psalm  xcviii. 

JOY  to  the  v/orld — the  Lord  is  come ! 
Let  earth  receive  her  King; 
Let  every  heart  prepare  him  room, 
And  heaven  and  nature  sing. 

2  Joy  to  the  earth — the  Saviour  reigns ! 
Let  men  their  songs  employ; 

While  fields  and  floods,  rocks,  hills,  and  plains, 
Repeat  the  sounding  joy. 

3  No  more  let  sins  and  sorrows  grow, 
Nor  thorns  infest  the  ground : 

He  comes  to  make  his  blessings  flow, 
Far  as  the  curse  is  found. 

4  Pie  rules  the  world  with  truth  and  grace; 
And  makes  the  nations  prove 

The  glories  of  his  righteousness. 
And  wonders  of  his  love. 

24  C.  M.  (88) 
The  Advent. 


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ARK !  the  glad  sound !  the  Saviour  comes  1 
The  Saviour  promised  long 


Let  every  heart  prepare  a  throne. 
And  every  voice  a  song. 


20  MEDIATION   OF   CHRIST. 

2  He  comes  the  prisoners  to  release, 
In  Satan's  bondage  held: 

The  gates  of  brass  before  him  burst ; 
The  iron  fetters  yield  I 

3  He  comes  from  thickest  films  of  vice 
To  clear  the  mental  ray; 

And  on  the  eyeballs  of  the  blind 
To  pour  celestial  day. 

4  He  comes  the  broken  heart  to  bind, 
The  bleeding  soul  to  cure ; 

And,  with  the  treasures  of  his  grace, 
T'  enrich  the  humble  poor. 

5  Our  glad  hosannas,  Prince  of  peace, 
Thy  welcome  shall  proclaim; 

And  heaven's  eternal  arches  ring 
With  thy  beloved  name. 

25  L.  M.  (103) 

Credentials  of  Jesus. 

BEHOLD  the  blind  their  sight  receive! 
Behold  the  dead  awake  and  live! 
The  dumb  speak  wonders !  and  the  lame 
Leap  like  the  hart,  and  bless  his  name ! 

2  Thus  does  tli'  eternal  Spirit  own, 
And  seal  the  mission  of  the  Son; 
The  Father  vindicates  his  cause, 
While  he  hangs  bleeding  on  the  cross. 

3  He  dies — the  heavens  in  mourning  stood  I 
He  rises — and  appears  a  God ! 

Behold  the  Lord  ascending  high, 
No  more  to  bleed,  no  more  to  die ! 

4  IJence,  and  forever,  from  my  heart 
I  bid  my  doubts  and  fears  depart; 

And  to  those  hands  my  soul  resign,  \ 

Which  bear  credentials  so  divine. 


MEDIATION    OF    CHRIST.  21 

!6  L.  M.  (105) 

His  exemplary  life. 
y  dear  Kedeemer,  and  my  Lord, 


M' 


I  read  my  duty  in  thy  word ; 
But  in  thy  life  the  laAV  appears, 
Drawn  out  in  living  characters. 
•J  Su'^h  was  thy  truth,  and  such  thy  zeal, 
Such  def'rence  to  thy  Father's  will, 
Such  love,  and  meekness  so  divine, 
T  would  transcribe,  and  make  them  mine, 
o  Cold  mountains,  and  the  midnight  air. 
Witnessed  the  fervor  of  thy  prayer ; 
The  desert  thy  temptations  knew, 
Thy  conflict,  and  thy  vict'ry  too. 
4  Be  thou  my  pattern:  make  me  bear 
More  of  thy  gracious  image  here; 
Then  God,  the  Judge,  shall  own  my  name, 
Amoner  the  followers  of  the  Lamb. 


H' 


Q7  7s.  (108) 

'^That  ye  should  foUoio  his  steps." 

"OLY  Lamb,  who  thee  confess, 
Followers  of  thy  holiness, 
Thee  they  ever  keep  in  view. 
Ever  ask,  "What  shall  we  do?" 
Governed  by  thy  only  will, 
All  thy  words  we  would  fulfill, 
Would  in  all  thy  footsteps  go, 
W^alk  as  Jesus  walked  below. 

2  While  thou  didst  on  earth  appear, 
Servant  to  thy  servants  here, 
Mindful  of  thy  place  above. 
All  thy  life  was  prayer  and  love: 
Such  our  whole  employment  be, 
Works  of  faith  and  charity: 


22  MEDIATION    OF    CHRIST. 

Works  of  love  on  man  bestowed, 
Secret  intercourse  with  God. 

3  Early  in  the  temple  meet, 
Let  us  still  our  Saviour  greet: 
Nightly  to  the  mount  repair, 
Join  our  praying  Pattern  there : 
There  by  wrestling  faith  obtain 
Power  to  work  for  God  again ; 
Power  his  image  to  retrieve, 
Power  like  thee,  our  Lord,  to  live. 


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QS  S.  M.  (Ill) 

"He  beheld  the  city,  and  wept  over  it." 

I  ID  Christ  o'er  sinners  weep, 
And  shall  our  cheeks  be  dry? 
Let  floods  of  penitential  grief 
Burst  forth  from  every  eye. 

2  The  Son  of  God  in  tears 
The  wond'ring  angels  see: 

Be  thou  astonished,  O  my  soul : 
He  shed  those  tears  for  thee ! 

3  He  wept  that  we  might  weep : 
Each  sin  demands  a  tear: 

In  heaven  alone  no  sin  is  found. 
And  there's  no  weeping  there. 

29  S.  M.  (120) 

Attraction  of  the  Cross. 

BEHOLD  th'  an)azing  sight, 
The  Saviour  lifted  high : 
Behold  the  Son  of  God's  delight 
Expire  in  agony. 

2  For  whom,  for  whom,  my  heart, 
Were  all  these  sorrows  borne? 


•MEDIATION    OF    CHRIST.  23 

Wliy  did  he  feel  that  piercing  smart, 
And  meet  that  various  scorn? 

3  For  love  of  us  he  bled, 
And  all  in  torture  died ; 

'T  was  love  that  bowed  his  fainting  head, 
And  oped  his  gushing  side. 

4  I  see,  and  I  adore 

In  sympathy  of  love; 
I  feel  the  strong,  attractive  power 
To  lift  my  soul  above. 

30  C.  M.  (123) 
The  Crucifixion. 

BEHOLD  tlie  Saviour  of  mankind 
Nailed  to  the  shameful  tree ! 
How  vast  tlie  love  that  him  inclined 
To  bleed  and  die  for  thee ! 

2  Hark,  liow  he  groans!  while  nature  shakes, 
And  earth's  strong  pillars  bend ! 

The  temple's  vail  in  sunder  breaks. 
The  solid  marbles  rend. 

3  'Tis  done!  the  precious  ransom's  paid! 
"Receive  my  soul!"  he  cries: 

kSee  where  he  boAvs  his  sacred  head ! 
He  bows  his  head,  and  dies ! 

4  But  soon  he'll  break  death's  envious  chain, 
And  in  full  glory  shine: 

O  Lamb  of  God,  was  ever  pain. 
Was  ever  love,  like  thine ! 

31  L.  M.  (126) 
Gal  vi.  14. 

WHEN  I  survey  the  wondrous  cross 
On  which  the  Prince  of  glory  died, 


24  MEDIATION    OF    CHRIST.- 

My  richest  gain  I  count  but  loss, 

And  pour  contempt  on  all  my  pride. 

2  Forbid  it,  Lord,  that  I  should  boast, 
Save  in  the  death  of  Christ,  my  God ; 

All  the  vain  things  that  cliarm  me  most, 

1  sacrifice  them  to  his  blood. 

3  See,  from  his  head,  his  hands,  his  feet, 
Sorrow  and  love  flow  mingled  down! 

Did  e'er  such  love  and  sorrow  meet? 
Or  thorns  compose  so  rich  a  crown  ? 

4  Were  the  whole  realm  of  nature  mine, 
That  were  a  present  far  too  small ; 

Love  so  amazing,  so  divine, 

Demands  my  soul,  my  life,  my  all. 

82  S.  M.  (132) 

The  Fountain. 

CALLED  from  above,  I  rise, 
And  wash  away  my  sin: 
The  stream  to  which  my  spirit  flies 
Can  make  the  foulest  clean. 

2  It  runs  divinely  clear, 

A  fountain  deep  and  wide: 
'T  was  opened  by  the  soldier's  spear 
In  my  Eedeeraer's  side ! 

33  C.  M.  (131) 

The  Fountain. 

THERE  is  a  fountain  filled  with  blood, 
Drawn  from  Immanuel's  veins; 
And  sinners  plunged  beneath  that  flood, 
Lose  all  their  guilty  stains. 

2  The  dying  thief  rejoiced  to  see 
That  fountain  in  his  day ; 


MEDIATION    OF    CHRIST.  25 

And  tliere  may  I,  though  vile  as  he, 
Wash  all  my  sins  away. 

3  Dear  dying  Lamb,  thy  precious  blood 
Shall  never  lose  its  power. 

Till  all  the  ransomed  Church  of  God 
Be  saved  to  sin  no  more. 

4  E'er  since,  by  faith,  I  saw  the  stream 
Thy  flowing  wounds  supply, 

Eedeeming  love  has  been  my  theme, 
And  shall  be  till  I  die. 

5  Then,  in  a  nobler,  sweeter  song, 
I'll  sing  thy  power  to  save. 

When  this  poor  lisping,  stamm'ring  tongue 
Lies  silent  in  the  grave. 


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34  7,7,7,7,7,7.   •  (134) 

Rock  of  A-ges. 
OCK  of  ages,  cleft  for  me. 
Let  me  hide  myself  in  thee: 
Let  the  water  and  the  blood, 
From  thy  wounded  side  which  flowed, 
Be  of  sin  the  double  cure, 
Save  from  wrath  and  make  me  pure. 

2  Could  my  tears  forever  flow. 
Could  my  zeal  no  languor  know, 
These  for  sin  could  not  atone ; 
Thou  must  save,  and  tliou  alone : 
In  my  hand  no  price  I  bring. 
Simply  to  thy  cross  I  cling. 

3  While  I  draw  this  fleeting  breath, 
When  my  eyes  shall  close  in  death, 
When  I  rise  to  worlds  unknown. 
And  behold  thee  on  thy  throne, 
Kock  of  ages,  cleft  for  me. 
Let  me  hide  myself  in  iliee. 


26  MEDIATION   OP   CHRIST. 


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35  S.  M.  (135) 
Atoning  Sacrifice. 

'OT  all  the  blood  of  beasts, 
On  Jewish  altars  slain, 
Could  give  the  guilty  conscience  peace, 
Or  wash  away  the  stain. 

2  But  Christ,  the  heavenly  Lamb, 
Takes  all  our  sins  away; 

A  sacrifice  of  nobler  name 
And  richer  blood  than  they. 

3  My  faith  would  lay  her  hand 
On  that  dear  head  of  thine— 

While  like  a  penitent  I  stand, 
And  there  confess  my  sin. 

36  6,6,6,6,8,8.  (14]) 
Resurrection. 

YES !  the  Redeemer  rose, 
The  Saviour  left  the  dead ; 
And  o'er  our  hellish  foes 

High  raised  his  conqu'ring  head: 
In  wild  dismay,  The  guards  around 
Fall  to  the  ground.  And  sink  away. 

2  Lo !  the  angelic  bands 
In  full  assembly  meet. 

To  wait  his  high  commands, 
And  worship  at  his  feet: 
Joyful  they  come,  And  wing  their  way, 
From  realms  of  day.  To  Jesus'  tomb. 

3  Then  back  to  heaven  they  fly. 
The  joyful  news  to  bear: 

Hark !  as  they  soar  on  high. 

What  music  fills  the  air! 

Their  anthems  say,  ''Jesus,  who  bled, 

Hath  left  the  dead:  He  rose  to-day." 


MEDIATION    OF    CHRIST.  27 

4  Ye  mortals,  catch  tlie  sound, 
Redeemed  by  Ilim  from  hell; 

And  send  tlie  echo  round 

The  globe  on  which  you  dwell; 
Transported  cry,  ''Jesus,  who  bled, 
Hath  left  the  dead,  No  more  to  die." 

5  All  hail,  triumphant  Lord,  ^ 
Who  sav'st  us  with  thy  blood! 

Yv^ide  be  thy  name  adored. 
Thou  rising,  reigning  God: 
With  thee  we  rise.  With  thee  we  reign, 
And  empires  gain.  Beyond  the  skies. 

37  C.  M.  (139) 

Resurrection  of  Christ. 

THE  Lord  of  Sabbath  let  us  praise, 
In  concert  with  the  blest. 
Who,  joyful,  in  harmonious  lays 
Employ  an  endless  rest. 

2  Thus,  Lord,  while  we  remember  thee, 
We  blest  and  pious  grow ; 

By  hymns  of  praise  we  learn  to  be 
Triumphant  here  below, 

3  On  tliis  glad  day  a  brighter  scene 
Of  glory  was  displayed, 

By  God,  th'  eternal  Word,  than  when 
This  universe  was  made. 

4  He  rises,  who  mankind  has  bought 
With  grief  and  pain  extreme: 

'T  was  great  to  speak  tlie  world  from  naught ; 
'T  was  greater  to  redeem. 

38  S.  M.  (142) 

Resurrection. 
^  ^  rpPIE  Lord  is  risen  indeed : " 
J.   He  lives  to  die  no  more; 


28  MEDIATION   OF   CHRIST. 

He  lives  the  sinner's  cause  to  plead, 

Whose  curse  and  shame  he  bore. 
2  "  The  Lord  is  risen  indeed :  " 

Then  hell  has  lost  his  prey ; 
With  him  has  risen  the  ransomed  seed, 

To  reign  in  endless  day. 
,3  "  The  Lord  is  risen  indeed : " 

Attending  angels  hear — 
Up  to  the  courts  of  heaven,  with  speed, 

The  joyful  tidings  bear. 
4  Then  wake  your  golden  lyres, 

And  strike  each  cheerful  chord; 
Join,  all  ye  bright,  celestial  choirs. 

To  sing  our  risen  Lord. 

39  L.  M.  (145) 

Dying,  rising,  reigning. 

HE  dies!  the  Friend  of  sinners  dies! 
Lo!  Salem's  daugliters  weep  around; 
A  solemn  darkness  veils  the  skies ; 

A  sudden  trembling  shakes  the  ground. 
Come,  saints,  and  drop  a  tear  or  two 

For  him  who  groaned  beneath  your  load: 
He  shed  a  thousand  drops  for  you, 
A  thousand  drops  of  richer  blood, 

2  Here's  love  and  grief  beyond  degree: 
The  Lord  of  glory  dies  for  man ! 

But  lo!  what  sudden  joys  we  see! 

Jesus,  the  dead,  revives  again ! 
The  rising  God  forsakes  tlie  tomb ; 

Up  to  his  Father's  courts  he  flies; 
Cherubic  legions  guard  him  home, 

And  shout  him  welcome  to  the  skies. 

3  Break  off  your  tears,  ye  saints,  and  tell 
How  high  your  great  Deliverer  reigns : 

Sing  how  he  spoiled  the  hosts  of  hell, 
And  led  the  monster  death  in  chains ! 


MEDIATION    OF    CHRIST.  29 

Say,  "Live  forever,  wondrous  King! 

Born  to  redeem,  and  strong  to  save!" 
Tlien  ask  the  monster,  "Where's  thy  sting?" 

And,  "  Where 's  thy  vict'ry,  boasting  grave?" 

40  L.  M.  (147) 
Psalm  xxiv.  7-10. 

OUR  Lord  is  risen  from  the  dead ; 
Our  Jesus  is  gone  up  on  liigh ! 
,    The  powers  of  hell  are  captive  led. 
Dragged  to  the  portals  of  the  sky. 
There  his  triumphal  chariot  waits. 

And  angels  chant  the  solemn  lay: 
Lift  up  your  heads,  ye  heavenly  gates, 
Ye  everlasting  doors,  give  way. 

2  Loose  all  your  bars  of  massy  light. 
And  wide  unfold  th'  ethereal  scene: 

He  claims  these  mansions  as  his  right — 

Receive  the  King  of  glory  in. 
Who  is  the  King  of  glory?    Who? 

The  Lord  that  all  our  foes  o'ercame. 
The  world,  sin,  death,  and  hell,  o'erthrew— 

And  Jesus  is  the  conqu'ror's  name. 

3  Lo!  his  triumphal  chariot  waits. 
And  angels  chant  the  solemn  lay : 

Lift  up  your  heads,  ye  heavenly  gates, 
Ye  everlasting  doors,  give  wav. 

AVho  is  tiie  King  of  glory?    Who? 

The  Lord,  of  glorious  power  possessed : 

The  King  of  saints  and  angels  too, 
God  over  all  forever  blessed. 

41  7s.  (146) 
^^  Alive  forevermore." 

CIIIRIST,  the  Lord,  is  risen  to-day  1 
I  Sous  of  men  and  angels  say  I 


so  MEDIATION    OF    CHRIST. 

Eaise  your  joys  and  triumphs  high: 
Sing,  ye  heavens — thou  earth  reply. 

2  Love's  redeeming  work  is  done — 
Fought  the  fight,  the  battle  won : 
Lo  !  the  sun's  eclipse  is  o'er; 

Lo !  he  sets  in  blood  no  more. 

3  Vain  the  stone,  the  watcji,  the  seal — 
Christ  hath  burst  the  gates  of  hell : 
Death  in  vain  forbids  his  rise: 
Christ  hath  opened  paradise. 

4  Lives  again  our  glorious  King ! 
"Where,  O  death  .'"is  now  thy  sting?" 
Once  he  died  our  souls  to  save: 
"Where's  thy  victory,  boasting  grave?" 

5  Soar  we  now  where  Clirist  has  led, 
Following  our  exalted  Head : 
Made  like  him,  like  him  we  rise — 
Ours  the  cross,  the  grave,  the  skies. 


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4r3  7s.  (148) 

The  Ascension. 

AIL  the  day  that  sees  him  rise, 
Eavished  from  our  wisliful  eyes! 
Christ  aAvhile  to  mortals  given, 
Keascends  his  native  heaven. 

2  There  the  pompous  triumph  waits: 
"  Lift  your  heads,  eternal  gates ; 
Wide  imfold  the  radiant  scene ; 
Take  the  King  of  glory  in !  " 

3  Circled  round  with  angel  powers. 
Their  triumphant  Lord,  and  ours, 
Conqueror  over  death  and  sin: 
Take  the  King  of  glory  in ! 

4  Him  though  highest  heaven  receives, 
Still  he  loves  the  earth  he  leaves : 


MEDIATION   OF   CHRIST. 

Though  returning  to  his  throne, 
Still  he  calls  mankind  his  own. 

5  See,  he  lifts  his  hands  above! 
See,  he  shows  the  prints  of  love ! 
Hark,  his  gracious  lips  bestow 
Blessings  on  his  Church  below ! 

6  Ever  upward  let  us  move. 
Wafted  on  the  wings  of  love: 
Looking  when  thou.  Lord,  shalt  come, 
Longing,  gasping  after  home. 

7  There  we  shall  with  thee  remain, 
Partners  of  thy  endless  reign : 
There  tliy  face  unclouded  see. 
Find  our  heaven  of  heavens  in  thee. 


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43  8,7.  (154) 

Priesthood  of  Christ. 
AIL,  thou  once  despised  Jesus  I 
Hail,  thou  Galilean  King! 
Thou  didst  suffer  to  release  us; 

Thou  didst  free  salvation  bring. 
Hail,  thou  agonizing  Saviour, 

Bearer  of  our  sin  and  shame  I 
By  thy  merits  we  find  favor ; 
Life  is  given  through  thy  name. 

2  Paschal  Lamb,  by  God  appointed, 
All  our  sins  on  tliee  were  laid; 

By  almighty  love  anointed, 

Thou  hast  full  atonement  made : 

All  thy  people  are  forgiven. 

Through  tlie  virtue  of  thy  blood ; 

Opened  is  the  gate  of  heaven; 

Peace  is  made  'twixt  man  and  God. 

3  Jesus,  hail !  enthroned  in  glory, 
There  forever  to  abide! 


82  MEDTiTION   OF   CHRIST. 

All  the  heavenly  hosts  adore  thee, 

Sea^;ed  at  thy  Father's  side; 
There  for  sinners  thou  art  pleading, . 

There  thou  dost  our  place  prepare; 
Ever  for  us  interceding, 

Till  in  glory  we  appear. 

44  C.  M.  (188) 

Stupendous  Love. 

PLUNGED  in  a  gulf  of  dark  despair, 
We  wretched  sinners  lay. 
Without  one  cheering  beam  of  hope, 
Or  spark  of  glimmering  day. 

2  With  pitying  eyes  the  Prince  of  grace 
Beheld  our  helpless  grief: 

He  saw,  and  (O,  amazing  love!) 
He  ran  to  our  relief. 

3  Down  from  the  shining  seats  above 
With  joyful  haste  he  fled. 

Entered  the  grave  in  mortal  fle&h. 
And  dwelt  among  the  dead. 

4  O  for  this  love  let  rocks  and  hills 
Their  lasting  silence  break ! 

And  all  harmonious  human  tongues 
The  Saviour's  praises  speak. 

5  Angels,  assist  our  mighty  Joys, 
Strike  all  your  harps  of  gold; 

But  ^hen  you  raise  your  highest  notes. 
His  love  can  ne'er  be  told ! 

45  L.  M.  (189) 

[From  the  Latin  of  St.  Bernard.] 
Love  which  passeth  knowledge. 


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F  Him  Avho  did  salvation  bring 
I  could  forever  think  and  sing: 


MEDIATION   OF   CHRIST.  33 

Arise,  ye  needy,  he'll  relieve; 
Arise,  ye  guilty,  he'll  forgive. 

2  Ask  but  his  grace,  and  lo,  't  is  given ! 
Ask,  and  he  turns  your  hell  to  heaven : 
Thougli  sin  and  sorrow  wound  my  soul, 
Jesus,  thy  balm  will  make  it  whole. 

3  To  shame  our  sins  he  blushed  in  blood, 
He  closed  his  eyes  to  show  us  God : 

Let  all  the  world  fall  down  and  know 
That  none  but  God  such  love  can  show. . 

4  'T  is  thee  I  love,  for  thee  alone 

I  shed  my  tears  and  make  my  moan ! 
Where'er  I  am,  where'er  I  move, 
I  meet  the  object  of  my  love. 

5  Insatiate  to  this  spring  I  fly ; 
I  drink,  and  yet  am  ever  dry : 

Ah!  who  against  thy  charms  is  proof? 
Ah  I  who  that  loves  can  love  enough  ? 

46  L.  M.  (193) 

Wonders  of  the  Cross. 

NATUKE  with  open  volume  stands 
To  spread  her  Maker's  praise  abroad  ; 
And  every  labor  of  his  hands 

Shows  something  worthy  of  a  God. 

2  But  in  the  grace  that  rescued  man. 
His  brightest  form  of  glory  shines: 

Here,  on  the  cross,  'tis  fairest  dra-vvn 
In  precious  blood  and  crimson  lines. 

3  O !  the  sweet  wonders  of  that  cross. 
Where  God,  the  Saviour,  loved  and  died! 

Her  noblest  life  my  spirit  draws 

From  his  dear  wounds  and  bleeding  side. 
2 


84  MEDIATION   OF   CHRIST. 

4  I  would  forever  speak  his  name, 
In  sound  to  mortal  ears  unknown; 

With  angels  join  to  praise  the  Lamb, 
And  worship  at  his  Father's  throne. 

0,7  C.  M.  (187) 

Indebtedness  to  Christ. 

MAJESTIC  sweetness  sits  enthroned 
Upon  the  Saviour's  brow; 
His  head  with  radiant  glories  crowned, 
His  lips  with  grace  o'erflow. 

2  He  saw  me  plunged  in  deep  distress, 
And  flew  to  my  relief : 

For  me  he  bore  the  shameful  cross, 
And  carried  all  my  grief. 

3  To  heaven,  the  place  of  his  abode. 
He  brings  my  weary  feet, 

Shows  me  the  glories  of  my  God, 
And  makes  my  joys  complete. 

4  Since  from  his  bounty  I  receive 
Such  proofs  of  love  divine, 

Had  I  a  thousand  hearts  to  give, 
Lord,  they  should  all  be  thine. 

48  C.  M.  (153) 

Heb.  iv.  14-16. 

WITH  joy  we  meditate  the  grace 
Of  our  High-priest  above  : 
His  heart  is  made  of  tenderness. 
His  bowels  melt  with  love. 

2  Touched  with  a  sympathy  within. 

He  knows  our  feeble  frame: 
He  knows  what  sore  temptations  mean, 

For  he  hath  felt  the  same. 


MEDIATION    OF    CHRIST.  35 

3  He  in  the  days  of  feeble  flesh 
Poured  out  strong  cries  and  tears ; 

And  in  his  measure  feels  afresh 
What  every  member  bears. 

4  He'll  never  quench  the  smoking  flax, 
But  raise  it  to  a  flame: 

The  bruised  reed  he  never  breaks, 
Nor  scorns  the  meanest  name. 

5  Then  let  our  humble  faith  address 
His  mercy  and  his  power: 

We  shall  obtain  delivering  grace 
In  the  distressing  hour. 

4=9  C.  M.  (183) 

Eev.  V.  11-13. 

COME,  let  us  join  our  cheerful  songs 
With  angels  round  the  throne: 
Ten  thousand  thousand  are  their  tongues, 
But  all  their  joys  are  one. 

2  Worthy  the  Lamb  that  died,  they  cry, 
To  be  exalted  thus: 

Worthy  the  Lamb,  our  hearts  reply, 
For  he  was  slain  for  us. 

3  Jesus  is  worthy  to  receive 
Honor  and  power  divine; 

And  blessings,  more  than  we  can  give, 
Be,  Lord,  forever  thine. 

4  The  whole  creation  join  in  one 
To  bless  the  sacred  name 

Of  him  that  sits  upon  the  throne, 
And  to  adore  the  Lamb. 

50  C.  M.  (196) 

The  Name  of  Jesus. 

HOW  sweet  the  name  of  Jesus  sounds 
In  a  believer's  ear ! 


36  MEDIATION   OF   CHPwIST. 

It  soothes  his  sorrows,  heals  his  wounds, 
And  drives  away  his  fear. 

2  It  makes  the  wounded  spirit  whole, 
And  calms  the  troubled  breast; 

'T  is  manna  to  the  hungry  soul. 
And  to  the  weary,  rest. 

3  Weak  is  the  effort  of  my  lieart. 
And  cold  my  warmest  thought  • 

But  when  I  see  thee  as  thou  art, 
I  '11  praise  thee  as  I  ought. 

4  Till  then,  I  would  thy  love  proclaim 
With  every  fleeting  breath  ; 

And  may  the  music  of  thy  name 
Kefresh  my  soul  in  death ! 

51  -  C.  M.  (197) 

"Se  is  precious." 

JESUS,  I  love  thy  charming  name, 
'Tis  music  to  my  ear; 
Fain  would  I  sound  it  out  so  loud 
That  earth  and  heaven  should  hear. 

2  Yes,  thou  art  precious  to  my  soul. 
My  transport  and  my  trust; 

Jewels,  to  thee,  are  gaudy  toys, 
And  gold  is  sordid  dust. 

3  All  my  capacious  powers  can  wish. 
In  thee  doth  richly  meet; 

Nor  to  mine  eyes  is  light  so  dear, 
Nor  friendship  half  so  sweet. 

4  Thy  grace  still  dwells  upon  my  heart, 
And  sheds  its  fragrance  there ; 

The  no])lest  balm  of  all  its  wounds, 
The  cordial  of  its  care. 


MEDIATION    OF    CHRIST.  37 

5  I'll  speak  the  honors  of  thy  name 
With  my  last,  laboring  breath ! 

Then  speechless  clasp  thee  in  mine  arms, 
The  antidote  of  death. 

52  C.  M.  (182) 
Rev.  V.  6-10. 

BEHOLD  the  glories  of  the  Lamb 
Amidst  his  Father's  throne! 
Prepare  new  honors  for  his  name,' 
And  songs,  before  unknown. 

2  Let  elders  worship  at  his  feet, 
The  Church  adore  around ; 

With  vials  full  of  odors  sweet. 
And  harps  of  sweetest  sound. 

3  Those  are  the  prayers  of  all  the  saints, 
And  these  the  hymns  they  raise: 

Jesus  is  kind  to  our  complaints. 
He  loves  to  hear  our  praise. 

4  Now  to  the  Lamb  that  once  M'as  slain 
Be  endless  blessings  paid  : 

Salvation,  glory,  joy,  remain, 
Forever  on  thy  head. 

5  Thou  hast  redeemed  our  souls  with  blood ; 
Hast  set  the  prisoners  free ; 

Hast  made  us  kings  and  priests  to  God ; 
And  Ave  shall  reign  with  thee ! 

53  C.  M.  (160) 

^^Let  all  the  angels  of  God  worship  himJ' 

HOW  great  the  wisdom,  power,  and  grace, 
Which  in  redemption  shine! 
The  heavenly  liost  with  joy  confess 

Tlie  work  is  all  divine. 
2  Before  his  feet  they  cast  their  crowns — 
Those  crowns  which  Jesus  gn  ve — 


38  MEDIATION    OF    CHRIST. 

And,  with  ten  thousand  tliousand  tongues, 

Proclaim  his  power  to  save. 
8  They  tell  the  triumphs  of  his  cross, 

The  sufferings  which  he  bore — 
How  low  he  stooped,  how  high  he  rose, 

And  rose  to  stoop  no  more. 
4  O  let  them  still  their  voices  raise, 

And  still  their  songs  renew: 
Salvation  well  deserves  the  praise 

Of  men  and  angels  too! 


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54  C.  M.  (186) 

Salvation. 
^ALVATION,  O  the  joyful  sound! 

'Tis  pleasure  to  our  ears: 
A  sovereign  balm  for  every  wound, 
A  cordial  for  our  fears. 

2  Buried  in  sorrow  and  in  sin. 
At  hell's  dark  door  we  lay; 

But  we  arise  by  grace  divine 
To  see  a  heavenly  day. 

3  Salvation  !  let  the  echo  fly 
The  spacious  earth  around, 

While  all  the  armies  of  the  sky 
Conspire  to  raise  the  sound. 

55  C.  M.  (155) 

Coronation  of  Christ: 

ALL  hail  tlie  power  of  Jesus'  name! 
Let  angels  prostrate  fall: 
Bring  forth  the  royal  diadem, 
And  crown  him  Lord  of  all. 
2  Ye  chosen  seed  of  Israel's  race — 

A  remnant  weak  and  small — 
Hail  him  who  saves  you  by  his  grace, 
And  crown  him  Lord  of  all. 


MEDIATION   OF   CHRIST.  39 

3  Ye  Gentile  sinners,  ne'er  forget 
The  wormwood  and  the  gall  : 

Go,  spread  your  trophies  at  his  feet, 
And  crown  him  Lord  of  all. 

4  Let  every  kindred,  every  tribe, 
On  tliis  terrestrial  ball. 

To  him  all  majesty  ascribe, 
And  crown  him  Lord  of  all. 

5  O  that,  with  yonder  sacred  throng. 
We  at  his  feet  may  fall ! 

We'll  join  the  everlasting  song. 
And  crown  him  Lord  of  all. 

56  S.  M.  (194) 

Grace. 

GEACE !  't is  a  charmihg  sound! 
Harmonious  to  my  ear! 
Heaven  with  the  echo  shall  resound, 
And  all  the  earth  shall  hear. 

2  Grace  first  contrived  the  way 
To  save  rebellious  man ; 

And  all  the  steps  that  grace  display 
Which  drew  the  wondrous  plan. 

3  Grace  taught  my  wandering  feet 
To  tread  the  heavenly  road ; 

And  new  supplies  each  hour  I  meet 
While  pressing  on  to  God. 

4  Grace  all  the  work  shall  crown, 
Through  everlasting  days : 

It  lays  in  heaven  the  topmost  stone, 
And  well  deserves  the  praise. 


40  OFFICES   OF    - 

SECTION  III. 

Offices  of  the  Holy  Ghost. 

57  L.  M.  (205) 
Pentecost. 

LORD,  we  believe  to  us  and  ours 
The  apostolic  promise  given : 
We  wait  the  penteeostal  powers, 

The  Holy  Ghost  sent  down  from  heaven. 

2  Ah !  leave  us  not  to  mourn  below, 
Or  long  for  thy  return  to  pine : 

Now,  Lord,  the  Comforter  bestow. 
And  fix  in  us  the  Guest  Divine. 

3  Assembled  here  with  one  accord. 
Calmly  we  wait  the  promised  grace, 

Tlie  purchase  of  our  dying  Lord : 
Come,  Holy  Ghost,  and  fill  the  place. 

58  S.  M.  (217) 

Woj'k  and  Witness. 

OCOME,  and  dwell  in  me, 
Spirit  of  power  within ! 
And  bring  the  glorious  liberty 
From  sorrow,  fear,  and  sin. 

2  Hasten  the  joyful  day 
Which  shall  my  sins  consume, 

When  old  things  shall  be  done  away, 
And  all  things  new  become. 

3  I  want  the  witness,  Lord, 
That  all  I  do  is  right, 


THE   HOLY   GHOST.  41 

According  to  thy  will  and  word, 
Well-pleasing  in  thy  sight. 

4  I  ask  no  higher  state; 
Indulge  me  but  in  this ; 

And  soon  or  later  then  translate 
To  my  eternal  bliss. 

59  S.  M.  (206) 

Pentecost. 

LOED  God,  the  Holy  Ghost, 
In  this  accepted  hour, 
As  on  the  day  of  Pentecost, 
Descend  in  all  thy  power! 

2  The  young,  the  old,  inspire 
With  wisdom  from  above ;  • 

And  give  us  hearts  and  tongues  of  fire 
To  pray,  and  praise,  and  love. 

3  Spirit  of  light,  explore, 
And  chase  our  gloom  away, 

With  luster  shining  more  and  more 
Unto  the  perfect  day. 

4  Spirit  of  truth,  be  thou 

In  life  and  death  our  guide: 
O  Spirit  of  adoption,  now 
May  we  be  sanctified! 


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60  ^     S.  M.  (212) 

Spirit  of  Faith. 
PIRIT  of  faith,  come  down, 
Keveal  the  things  of  God ; 
And  malve  to  us  the  Godhead  known, 

And  witness  with  the  blood: 
'Tis  thine  the  blood  t'  apply, 

And  give  us  eyes  to  see. 

Who  did  for  every  sinner  die, 

Hath  surely  died  for  me. 


42  OFFICES    OF 

2  No  man  can  truly  say 

That  Jesus  is  the  Lord, 
Unless  thou  take  the  veil  awav, 

And  breathe  the  living  word: 
Then,  only  then,  we  feel 

Our  interest  in  his  blood, 
And  cry  with  joy  unspeakable, 

"Thou  art  my  Lord,  my  God !" 

61  L.  M.  (224) 

His  departure  earnestly  deprecated. 

STAY,  thou  insulted  Spirit !  stay ! 
Though  I  have  done  thee  such  despite; 
Nor  cast  the  sinner  quite  away, 
Nor  take  thine  everlasting  flight. 

2  Though  I  have  steeled  my  stubborn  lieart, 
And  still  shook  ofl"  my  guilty  fears ; 

And  vexed,  and  urged  thee  to  depart, 
For  many  long  rebellious  years: 

3  Though  I  have  most  unfaithful  been 
Of  all  who  e'er  thy  grace  received; 

Ten  thousand  times  tliy  goodness  seen, 
Ten  thousand  times  thy  goodness  grieved ; 

4  Yet  O !  the  chief  of  sinners  spare, 
In  honor  of  my  great  High-priest; 

Nor  in  thy  righteous  anger,  swear 
T'  exclude  me  from  thy  people's  rest. 


62  S.  M.  (220) 

Ills  influences  sought. 

iOME,  Holy  Spirit,  come, 
With  energy  divine, 
And  on  this  poor,  benighted  soul, 
With  beams  of  mercy  shine. 


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THE   HOLY   GHOST.  43 

2  O  melt  this  frozen  heart ; 
This  stubborn  will  Fubdue; 

Each  evil  passion  overcome, 
And  form  me  all  anew ! 

3  The  profit  will  be  mine, 

But  thine  shall  be  the  praise; 
And  unto  thee  will  I  devote 
The  remnant  of  my  days. 

63  C.  M.  (213) 

Witness  and  Seal. 

'HY  should  the  children  of  a  King 
Go  mourning  all  their  days? 
Great  Comforter,  descend,  and  bring 
The  tokens  of  thy  grace. 

2  Dost  thou  not  dwell  in  all  thy  saints, 
And  seal  the  heirs  of  heaven? 

When  wilt  thou  banish  my  complaints, 
And  show  my  sins  forgiven? 

3  Assure  my  conscience  of  her  part 
In  the  Redeemer's  blood ; 

And  bear  thy  witness  with  my  heart, 
That  I  am  born  of  God. 

4  Tliou  art  the  earnest  of  his  love, 
The  pledge  of  joys  to  come: 

May  thy  blest  wings,  celestial  Dove, 
Safely  convey  me  home ! 

64  C.  M.  (221) 

His  quichenings  implored. 

COME,  Holy  Spirit,  heavenly  Dove, 
With  all  tiiy  quickening  powers, 
Kindle  a  flame  of  sacred  love 
In  these  cold  hearts  of  ours. 


44  THE    HOLY    GHOST. 

2  Look  how  we  grovel  here  below, 
Fond  of  these  earthly  toys; 

Our  souls  how  heavily  they  go 
To  reacli  eternal  joys! 

3  In  vain  we  tune  our  formal  songs, 
In  vain  we  strive  to  rise; 

Hosannas  languish  on  our  tongues, 
And  our  devotion  dies. 

4  And  shall  we  then  forever  live 
At  this  poor  dying  rate? 

Our  love  so  faint,  so  cold  to  thee. 
And  thine  to  us  so  great? 

5  Come,  Holy  Spirit,  heavenly  Dove, 
With  all  thy  quickening  powers ; 

Come,  shed  abroad  a  Saviour's  love. 
And  that  shall  kindle  ours. 

65  C.  M.  (209) 

The  Interpreter.     Before  Sermon. 

COME,  Holy  Ghost,  our  hearts  inspire, 
Let  us  thine  influence  prove: 
Source  of  the  old  prophetic  fire. 
Fountain  of  life  and  love. 

2  Come,  Holy  Ghost — for,  moved  by  thee. 
The  prophets  wrote  and  spoke — 

Unlock  the  truth,  thyself  the  key: 
Unseal  the  sacred  book. 

3  Expand  thy  wings,  celestial  Dove, 
Brood  o'er  our  nature's  night ; 

On  our  disordered  spirits  move. 
And  let  there  now  be  light. 

4  God,  through  himself,  we  then  shall  know, 
If  thou  Avitliin  us  shine ; 

And  sound,  with  all  thy  saints  below, 
The  depths  of  love  divine. 


THE   CHURCH.  45 

66  C.  M.  (222) 

The  Spirit  invoiced. 

CELESTIAL  Dove,  Come  from  above, 
And  guide  me  in  thy  ways: 
My  heart  prepare  For  solemn  j)rayer, 
And  tune  my  lips  to  praise. 

2  Open  mine  eyes,  And  make  me  wise, 
My  interest  to  discern: 

From  every  sin,  Without,  within, 
Incline  my  heart  to  turn. 

3  Fly  to  my  aid,  When  I  'm  afraid, 
Or  plunged  in  deep  distress ; 

My  foes  subdue,  And  bring  me  through 
This  howlins:  wilderness. 


SECTION  IV. 

Institutions  of  Christianity. 

1,  THE  CHURCH. 

67  C.  M.  (226) 

Psalm  xxvii.  1-6. 

THE  Lord  of  glory  is  my  light, 
And  my  salvation  too : 
God  is  my  strength ;  nor  will  I  fear 
What  all  my  foes  can  do. 

2  One  privilege  my  heart  desires — 
O  grant  me  an  abode 

Among  the  Churches  of  thy  saints, 
The  temples  of  my  God ! 

3  There  shall  I  offer  my  requests, 
And  see  thy  beauty  still ; 


46  INSTITUTIONS. 

Shall  hear  thy  messages  of  love, 
And  there  inquire  thy  will. 

4  When  troubles  rise,  and  storms  appear, 
There  may  his  children  hide: 

God  has  a  strong  pavilion,  where 
He  makes  my  soul  abide. 

5  Now  shall  my  head  be  lifted  high 
Above  my  foes  around ; 

And  songs  of  joy  and  victory 
Within  thy  temple  sound. 

68  L.  M.  (227) 
Psalm  xlvi.  1-5. 

GOD  is  the  refuge  of  his  saints, 
When  storms  of  sharp  distress  invade; 
Ere  we  can  offer  our  complaints, 
Behold  him  present  with  his  aid. 

2  Let  mountains  from  their  seats  be  hurled 
Down  to  the  deep,  and  buried  there — 

Convulsions  shake  the  solid  world — 
Our  faith  shall  never  yield  to  fear. 

3  There  is  a  stream,  whose  gentle  flow 
Supplies  the  city  of  our  God  ; 

Life,  love,  and  joy,  still  gliding  tlirough. 
And  watering  our  divine  abode. 

4  That  sacred  stream,  thy  holy  word. 
Our  grief  allays,  our  fear  controls : 

Sweet  peace  thy  promises  afford. 

And  give  new  strength  to  fainting  souls. 

69  L.  M.  (233) 
Psalm  Ixxxiv.  1-7. 

OW  pleasant,  how  divinely  fair, 
O  Lord  of  hosts,  thy  dwellings  are  I 
W^ith  strong  desire  my  spirit  faints 
To  meet  th'  assemblies  of  thy  saints. 


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THE   CHURCH.  47 

2  Blest  are  the  souls  that  find  a  place 
Within  the  temple  of  thy  grace: 
Here  they  behold  thy  gentler  rays, 
And  seek  thy  face,  and  learn  thy  praise. 

3  Blest  are  the  men  whose  hearts  are  set 
To  find  the  way  to  Zion's  gate: 

God  is  their  strength,  and  through  the  road 
Tliey  lean  upon  their  helper,  God. 

4  Cheerful  they  walk  with  growing  strength, 
Till  all  shall  meet  in  heaven  at  length, 
Till  all  before  thy  face  appear. 

And  join  in  nobler  worship  there. 

70  C.  M.  (238) 
Psalm  cxxii. 

"OW  did  my  heart  rejoice  to  hear 
My  friends  devoutly  say, 
"In  Zion  let  us  all  appear, 
And  keep  the  solemn  day!" 

2  I  love  her  gates,  I  love  the  road  I 
The  Church,  adorned  with  grace, 

Stands  like  a  palace  built  for  God, 
To  show  his  milder  face. 

3  Peace  be  within  this  sacred  place. 
And  joy  a  constant  guest! 

With  holy  gifts  and  heavenly  grace 
Be  her  attendants  blessed. 

4  My  soul  shall  pray  for  Zion  still, 
AVhile  life  or  breath  remains; 

There  my  best  friends,  my  kindred  dwell, 
There  God,  my  Saviour,  reigns. 

71  L.  M.  (234) 
Psalm  Ixxxiv,  8-12. 

GEE  AT  God,  attend  while  Zion  sings 
The  joy  that  from  thy  presence  springs: 


48  INSTITUTIONS. 

To  spend  one  day  with  tliee  on  earth 
Exceeds  a  thousand  days  of  mirth. 

2  Might  I  enjoy  the  meanest  place 
Within  thy  house,  O  God  of  grace, 
Not  tents  of  ease,  nor  thrones  of  power, 
Should  tempt  my  feet  to  leave  thy  door. 

3  God  is  our  sun,  he  makes  our  day : 
God  is  our  shield,  he  guards  our  way 
I<rom  all  th'  assaults  of  hell  and  sin— 
I*  rom  foes  without,  and  foes  within. 

4  All  needful  grace  will  God  bestow. 
And  crown  that  grace  with  glory  too: 
He  gives  us  all  things,  and  withholds 
No  real  good  from  upright  souls. 

72  L.  M.  (249) 
Isaiah  li.  9-11. 

ARM  of  the  Lord,  awake,  awake ! 
Thine  own  immortal  strength  put  on  ! 
With  terror  clothed,  hell's  kingdom  shake, 
And  cast  thy  foes  with  fury  down. 

2  As  in  the  ancient  days,  appear ; 
The  sacred  annals  speak  thy  fame ; 

Be  now  omnipotently  near, 
To  endless  ages  still  the  same. 

3  By  death  and  hell  pursued  in  vain, 
To  tliee  the  ransomed  seed  shall  come; 

Shouting,  their  heavenly  Sion  gain, 

And  pass  through  death  triumphant  home. 

73  L.  M.  (250) 
Isaiah  lii.  1-12. 

AAVAKE,  Jerusalem,  awake! 
No  longer  in  thy  sins  lie  dov/n ; 
The  garment  of  salvation  take, 

Thy  beauty  and  thy  strength  put  on. 


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2  Shake  off  the  dust  that  blinds  thy  siglit, 
And  hides  the  promise  from  thine  eyes ; 

Arise  and  struggle  into  light, 
The  great  Deliverer  calls,  Arise ! 

3  Shake  off  the  bands  of  sad  despair; 
Sion,  assert  thy  liberty ; 

Look  up,  thy  broken  heart  prepare, 
And  God  shall  set  the  captive  free. 

4  Vessels  of  mercy,  sons  of  grace, 
Be  purged  from  every  sinful  stain, 

Ee  like  your  Lord,  his  word  embrace, 
Nor  bear  his  hallowed  name  in  vain. 

5  The  Lord  shall  in  your  front  appear, 
And  lead  the  pompous  triumph  on ; 

His  glory  shall  bring  up  the  rear. 
And  perfect  what  his  grace  begun. 

74  S.  M.  (245) 

The  Church  Militant. 

JESUS,  the  Conqueror,  reigns, 
In  glorious  strength  arrayed, 
His  kingdom  over  all  maintains, 
And  bids  the  earth  be  glad ! 

2  Ye  sons  of  men  rejoice 
In  Jesus'  mighty  love : 

Lift  up  your  heart,  lift  up  your  voice, 
To  Him  who  rules  above. 

3  Extol  his  kingly  power; 
Kiss  the  exalted  Son, 

Who  died,  and  lives  to  die  no  more, 
High  on  his  Father's  throne: 

4  Our  Advetrnte  with  God, 
He  undertakes  our  cause, 

And  spreads  through  all  the  earth  abroad 
The  victory  of  his  cross. 


50  INSTITUTIONS. 

75  S.  M.  (247) 

The  Church  Militant. 

HAEK,  how  the  watchmen  cry! 
Attend  the  trumpet's  sound! 
Stand  to  your  arms,  the  foe  is  nigh; 
The  powers  of  hell  surround. 

2  Who  bow  to  Christ's  command, 
Your  arms  and  hearts  prepare; 

The  day  of  battle  is  at  hand! 
Go  forth  to  glorious  war! 

3  See,  on  the  mountain  top, 
The  standard  of  your  God ! 

In  Jesus'  name  I  lift  it  up, 

All  stained  with  hallowed  blood. 

4  His  standard-bearer,  I 
To  all  tlie  nations  call: 

Let  all  to  Jesus'  cross  draw  nigh ; 
He  bore  the  cross  for  all. 

76  L.  M.  (237) 
Psalm  xcii.  12-15. 

LOE.D,  'tis  a  pleasant  thing  to  stand 
In  gardens  planted  by  thy  hand ; 
Let  me  within  tliy  courts  be  seen, 
Like  a  young  cedar,  fresh  and  green. 

2  There  grow  thy  saints  in  faith  and  love, 
Blest  witli  thine  influence  from  above: 
Isot  Lebanon,  with  all  its  trees, 

Yields  such  a  comely  sight  as  these. 

3  Laden  with  fruits  of  age,  they  show 
The  Lord  is  holy,  just,  and  true: 
None  that  attend  liis  gates  shall  find 
A  God  unfaitJiful  or  unkind. 


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77  L.  M.  (243) 

Serving  the  Church. 

MIGHT  my  lot  be  cast  with  these. 
The  least  of  Jesus'  witnesses! 
O  that  my  Lord  would  count  me  meet 
To  wash  his  dear  disciples'  feet ! 

2  This  only  thing  do  I  require: 
Thou  know'st  'i  is  all  my  heart's  desire, 
Freely  what  I  receive  to  give, 

The  servant  of  thy  Church  to  live — 

3  After  my  lowly  Lord  to  go, 
And  wait  upon  thy  saints  below; 
Enjoy  the  grace  to  angels  given, 
And  serve  the  royal  heirs  of  heaven. 

78  8,7.  (239) 
Supplies  of  the  Church. 

GLORIOUS  things  of  thee  are  spoken, 
Zion,  city  of  our  God  ! 
He,  whose  word  can  ne'er  be  broken, 

Formed  thee  for  his  own  abode: 
On  the  Rock  of  Ages  founded, 

What  can  shake  thy  sure  repose? 
"With  salvation's  walls  surrounded, 
Thou  may' St  smile  at  all  thy  foes. 

2  See!  the  streams  of  living  waters, 
Springing  from  eternal  love. 

Well  supply  thy  sons  and  daughters, 
And  all  fear  of  want  remove: 

Who  can  faint  while  such  a  river 
Ever  Hows,  their  tliirst  t'  assuage? 

Grace  which,  like  the  Lord,  tlie  giver, 
Never  fails  from  age  to  age. 

3  Round  each  habitation  hovering, 
See  the  cloud  and  tire  appear. 


52  INSTITUTIONS. 

For  a  glory  and  a  covering — 
Showing  that  the  Lord  is  near; 

Glorious  things  of  thee  are  spoken, 
Zion,  city  of  our  God ! 

He,  whose  word  can  ne'er  be  broken, 
Chose  thee  for  his  own  abode. 

2.    THE  MINISTRY. 

79  L.  M.  (252) 
The  Great  Commission. 

^^  CiO  preach  my  gospel,"  saith  the  Lord: 

\jr  ''Bid  the  whole  earth  my  grace  receive; 
He  shall  be  saved  who  trusts  my  word  ; 
He  shall  be  damned  who  won't  believe. 

2  "I'll  make  your  great  commission  known; 
And  ye  shall  prove  my  gaspel  true, 

By  all  the  works  that  I  have  done, 
By  all  the  wonders  ye  shall  do. 

3  "Teach  all  the  nations  my  commands; 
I  'm  with  you  till  the  world  shall  end: 

All  power  is  trusted  in  my  hands; 

1  can  destroy,  and  I  defend." 

4  He  spake — and  light  shone  round  his  head; 
On  a  bright  cloud  to  heaven  he  rode ; 

They  to  the  farthest  nations  spread 
The  grace  of  their  ascended  God. 

80  L.  M.  (259) 
Angeh  of  the  Church. 

DRAW  near,  O  Son  of  God,  draw  near! 
Us  with  thy  flaming  eye  behold ; 
Still  in  thy  Church  vouchsafe  t'  appear, 
And  let  our  candlestick  be  gold. 

2  Still  hold  the  stars  in  thy  right-hand, 
And  let  them  in  thy  luster  glow, 


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53 


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The  lights  of  a  benighted  land. 
The  angels  of  thy  Church  below. 

3  Make  good  their  apostolic  boast, 
Their  high  commission  let  tliem  prove, 

Be  temples  of  the  Holy  Ghost, 

And  tilled  with  faith,  and  hope,  and  love. 

4  Give  them  an  ear  to  hear  thy  word : 
Thou  speakest  to  the  churches  now ; 

And  let  all  tongues  confess  their  Lord, 
Let  every  knee  to  Jesus  bow. 

81  S.  M.  (255) 

Isaiah  lii.  7-10. 

"OW  beauteous  are  their  feet 
^^  Who  stand  on  Zion's  hill; 
Who  bring  salvation  on  their  tongues, 

And  words  of  peace  reveal ! 

2  How  charming  is  their  voice! 
How  sweet  tlie  tidings  are!^ 

"  Zion,  behold  thy  Saviour  King ; 
He  reigns  and  triumphs  here !" 

3  How  happy  are  our  ears 
That  hear  this  joyful  sound, 

Wliich  kings  and  prophets  waited  for, 
And  sought,  but  never  found ! 

4  How  blessed  are  our  eyes 
That  see  this  heavenly  light ! 

Prophets  and  kings  desired  it  long, 
But  died  without  the  sight. 

5  The  watchmen  join  their  voice. 
And  tuneful  notes  employ; 

Jerusalem  breaks  fortli  in  songs, 
And  deserts  learn  the  joy. 


54  INSTITUTIONS. 

6  Tlie  Lord  makes  bare  his  arm 
Through  all  the  earth  abroad: 

Let  every  nation  now  behold 
Their  Saviour  and  their  God. 

82  C.  M.  (258) 

Zion's  Watchmen. 

LET  Zion's  watchmen  all  awake, 
And  take  th'  alarm  they  give ; 
Now  let  them  from  the  month  of  God 
Their  awful  charge  receive. 

2  'T  is  not  a  cause  of  small  import 
The  pastor's  care  demands; 

But  what  might  fill  an  angel's  heart, 
And  fill  a  Saviour's  hands. 

3  They  watch  for  souls,  for  which  the  Lord 
Did  heavenly  bliss  forego! 

For  souls  which  must  forever  live 
In  raptures,  or  in  woe. 

4  May  they  that  Jesus  Avhom  they  preach, 
Their  own  Redeemer  see, 

And  watch  thou  daily  o'er  their  souls, 
That  they  may  watch  for  thee. 

83  S.  M.  (271) 

For  an  increase  of  laborers. 

LORD  of  the  harvest,  hear 
Thy  needy  servant's  cry; 
Answer  our  faith's  effectual  prayer, 
And  all  our  wants  supply. 

2  On  thee  we  humbly  wait, 
Our  wants  are  in  thy  view; 

The  harvest,  truly,  Lord,  is  great, 
The  laborers  are  few. 


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3  Convert  and  send  forth  more 
Into  thy  Church  abroad, 

And  let  them  speak  thy  word  of  power, 
As  workers  with  their  God. 

4  O  let  them  spread  thy  name, 
Their  mission  fully  prove ; 

Thy  universal  grace  proclaim, 
Thine  all-redeeming  love. 

84  C.  M.  (264) 

The  treasure  in  earthen  vessels. 
OW  rich  thy  bounty,  King  of  kings! 
Thy  favors,  how  divine! 
The  blessings  which  thy  gospel  brings, 
How  splendidly  they  sliine ! 

2  Gold  is  but  dross,  and  gems  but  toys, 
Should  gold  and  gems  compare; 

How  mean,  when  set  against  those  joys, 
Thy  poorest  servants  share ! 

3  Yet  all  these  treasures  of  thy  grace 
Are  lodged  in  urns  of  clay ; 

And  the  weak  sons  of  mortal  race 
Til'  immortal  gifts  convey. 

4  Feebly  they  lisp  thy  glories  forth ; 
Yet  grace  the  victory  gives : 

Quickly  they  molder  back  to  earth ; 
Yet  still  thy  gospel  lives. 

5  Sucli  wonders  power  divine  effects; 
Such  trophies  God  can  raise: 

His  hand,  from  crum]:)ling  dust,  erects 
His  monuments  of  praise. 

85  C.  M.  (265) 

The  minister's  theme. 

JESUS,  the  name  high  over  all 
In  hell,  or  earth,  or  sky  I 


56  INSTITUTIONS. 

Angels  and  men  before  it  fall, 
And  devils  fear  and  fly. 

2  Jesus,  the  name  to  sinners  dear. 
The  name  to  sinners  given ! 

It  scatters  all  their  guilty  fear: 
It  turns  their  hell  to  heaven. 

3  O  that  the  world  might  taste  and  see 
The  riches  of  his  grace! 

The  arras  of  love  that  compass  me, 
Would  all  mankind  embrace ! 

4  His  only  righteousness  I  show. 
His  saving  truth  proclaim: 

'T  is  all  mv  business  here  below 
To  cry,  ''Behold  the  Lamb!" 

5  Happy,  if  with  my  latest  breath 
I  may  but  gasp  his  name ; 

Preach  him  to  all,  and  cry  in  death, 
"Behold,  behold  the  Lamb!" 


86  S.  M.  (278) 

Closing  Conference. 

ND  let  our  bodies  part, 
To  different  climes  repair. 
Inseparably  joined  in  heart 
The  friends  of  Jesus  are. 


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2  The  vineyard  of  the  Lord    ^ 
Before  his  laborers  lies; 

And  lo !  we  see  the  vast  reward 
Which  waits  us  in  the  skies. 

3  O  let  our  heart  and  mind 
Continually  ascend, 

That  haven  of  repose  to  find. 
Where  all  our  labors  end! 


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4  Where  all  our  toils  are  o'er, 
Our  suffering  and  our  pain : 

Who  meet  on  that  eternal  shore, 
Shall  never  part  again. 

87  S.  M.  (272) 
Opening  Conference. 

ND  are  we  yet  alive, 
xA.nd  see  each  other's  face? 
Glory  and  praise  to  Jesus  give 

For  his  redeeming  grace ! 
Preserved  by  power  divine 

To  full  salvation  here. 
Again  in  Jesus'  praise  we  join. 
And  in  his  siglit  appear. 

2  What  troubles  have  we  seen. 
What  conflicts  have  we  passed, 

Figlitings  without,  and  fears  within, 

Since  we  assembled  last! 
But  out  of  all  the  Lord 

Plath  brought  us  by  his  love; 
And  still  he  doth  his  help  afford. 

And  hides  our  life  above. 

3  Then  let  us  make  our  boast 
Of  his  redeeming  power. 

Which  saves  us  to  the  uttermost, 

Till  we  can  sin  no  more : 
Let  us  take  up  tlie  cross, 

Till  we  the  crown  obtain; 
And  gladly  reckon  all  things  loss. 

So  we  may  Jesus  gain. 

88  C.  M.  (277) 

Closing  Conference. 

BLEST  be  the  dear  uniting  love 
That  will  not  let  us  part: 


58  INSTITUTION'S. 

Our  bodies  may  far  off  remove, 
We  still  are  one  in  heart. 

2  Joined  in  one  spirit  to  our  Head, 
Where  he  appoints  we  go; 

And  still  in  Jesus'  footsteps  tread. 
And  show  his  praise  below. 

3  Partakers  of  the  Saviour's  grace, 
The  same  in  mind  and  heart, 

Nor  joy,  nor  grief,  nor  time,  nor  place, 
Nor  life,  nor  death,  can  part. 

4  But  let  us  hasten  to  the  day 
Which  shall  our  flesli  restore. 

When  death  shall  all  be  done  away, 
And  bodies  part  no  more. 

89  6,6,6,6,8,8.  (276) 

Closing  Conference. 

JESUS,  accept  the  praise 
That  to  thy  name  belongs !  i 

Matter  of  all  our  lays,  ) 

Subject  of  all  our  songs; 
Through  thee  we  now  together  came. 
And  part  exulting  in  thy  name. 

2  In  flesh  we  part  awhile. 
But  still  in  spirit  joined, 

T'  embrace  the  happy  toil 
Thou  hast  to  each  assigned ; 
And  while  we  do  thy  blessed  will, 
We  bear  our  heaven  about  us  still. 

3  O  let  us  thus  go  on 

In  all  thy  pleasant  ways, 
And,  armed  with  patience,  run 

With  joy  th'  appointed  race! 
Keep  us  and  every  seeking  soul. 
Till  all  attain  the  heavenly  goal. 


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4  Tliere  we  shall  meet  again, 

AVhen  all  our  toils  are  o'er, 

And  death,  and  grief,  and  pain. 

And  parting  are  no  more: 

We  shall  Avith  all  our  brethren  rise, 

And  grasp  thee  in  the  flaming  skies. 

3.  BAPTISM. 

90  L.  M.  (279) 

The  commission. — For  adults. 
WAS  the  commission  of  our  Lord, 
**  Go,  teach  the  nations,  and  baptize : " 
The  nations  have  received  the  word 
Since  he  ascended  to  the  skies. 

2  "Eepent,  and  be  baptized,"  he  saith, 
"For  tJie  remission  of  your  sins;" 

And  thus  our  sense  assists  our  faith, 
And  shows  us  what  his  gospel  means. 

3  Our  souls  he  washes  in  his  blood, 
As  water  makes  the  body  clean; 

And  the  good  Spirit  from  our  God 
Descends,  like  purifying  rain. 

4  Thus  we  engage  ourselves  to  thee. 
And  seal  our  covenant  with  the  Lord: 

O  may  the  great  Eternal  Three 
In  heaven  our  solemn  vows  record ! 

91  L.  M.  (280) 

Adult. 
pOME,  Father,  Son,  and  Holy  Ghost, 
yj  Honor  the  means  ordained  by  thee; 
Make  good  our  apostolic  boast. 

And  own  thy  glorious  ministry. 
2  We  now  thy  promised  presence  claim, 

Sent  to  disciple  all  mankind — 


60  INSTITUTIONS. 

Sent  to  baptize  into  thy  name — 

We  now  thy  promised  presence  find. 

3  Father,  in  these  reveal  thy  Son — ■ 
In  these,  for  whom  we  seek  thy  face, 

The  hidden  mystery  make  known. 
The  inward,  pure,  baptizing  grace. 

4  Jesus,  with  us  thou  always  art; 
Effectuate  now  the  sacred  sign, 

The  gift  unspeakable  impart. 
And  bless  the  ordinance  divine. 

5  Eternal  Spirit,  come  from  high, 
Baptizer  of  our  spirits  thou ! 

The  sacramental  seal  apply, 

And  witness  with  the  water  now. 

92  C.  M.  (285) 

Infant.— Mark  x.  13-16. 

SEE  Israel's  gentle  Shepherd  stand, 
With  all-engaging  charms : 
Hark  how  he  calls  the  tender  lambs. 
And  folds  them  in  his  arms ! 

2  ''Permit  them  to  approach,"  he  cries, 
"Nor  scorn  their  humble  name; 

For  't  was  to  bless  such  souls  as  these 
The  Lord  of  angels  came." 

3  We  bring  them,  Lord,  in  thankful  hands. 
And  yield  them  up  to  thee; 

Joyful  that  Ave  ourselves  are  thine. 
Thine  let  our  offspring  be. 

93  C.  M.  (286) 

Infant. 

THUS  Lydia  sanctified  her  house. 
When  she  received  the  word; 
Thus  the  believing  jailer  gave 
His  household  to  the  Lord. 


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THE   lord's   SUPPEPw.  61 

2  Thus  later  saints,  eternal  King, 
Thine  ancient  truth  embrace: 

To  thee  their  infant  offspring  bring, 
And  humbly  claim  the  grace. 

94  C.  M.  (283) 
Infant. 

OW  large  the  promise,  how  divine, 
To  Abraham  and  his  seed ! 
"I  am  a  God  to  thee  and  thine, 
Supplying  all  their  need." 

2  The  words  of  his  extensive  love 
From  age  to  age  endure; 

The  angel  of  the  covenant  proves. 
And  seals  the  blessing  sure. 

3  Jesus  the  ancient  faith  confirms, 
To  our  great  father  given ; 

He  takes  our  children  to  his  arms. 
And  calls  them  heirs  of  heaven. 

4  O  God,  how  faithful  are  thy  ways! 
Thy  love  endures  the  same  ; 

Nor  from  the  promise  of  thy  grace 
Blots  out  our  children's  name. 

4.  THE  LORD'S  SUPPER. 

95  C.  M.      *  (288) 
The  institution. 

THAT  doleful  night  before  his  death. 
The  Lamb  for  sinners  slain 
Did,  almost  with  his  dying  breath, 
I'his  solemn  feast  ordain. 

2  To  keep  the  feast.  Lord,  we  have  met, 

And  to  rememl)er  thee : 
Help  each  poor  trembler  to  repeat, 

"For  me,  he  died  for  me!" 


62  INSTITUTIONS. 

3  Tliy  sufferings,  Lord,  each  sacred  sign 
To  our  remembrance  brings  ; 

We  eat  the  bread,  and  drink  the  wine, 
Bat  think  on  nobler  things. 

4  O  tune  our  tongues,  and  set  in  frame 
Each  heart  that  pants  for  thee. 

To  sing  "Hosanna  to  the  Lamb!" 
The  Lamb  that  died  for  me ! 

96  C.  M.  (291) 
Remembering  Christ. 

ACCORDING  to  thv  gracious  word, 
In  meek  liumility. 
This  Avill  I  do,  my  dying  Lord, 
I  will  remember  thee. 

2  Thy  body,  broken  for  my  sake, 
My  bread  from  heaven  shall  be; 

Thy  testamental  cup  I  take. 
And  thus  remember  thee. 

3  Remember  thee  and  all  thy  pains. 
And  all  thy  love  to  me ; 

Yea,  while  a  breath,  a  pulse  remains, 
Will  I  remember  thee. 

4  And  when  these  failing  lips  grow  dumb, 
And  mind  and  memory  flee. 

When  thou  shalt  in  thy  kingdom  come, 
Jesus,  remember  me. 

97  C.  M.  (292) 
The  covenant  sealed. 

THE  promise  of  my  Father's  love 
vShall  stand  forever  good : 
He  said,  and  gave  his  soul  to  death. 
And  sealed  the  grace  with  nlood. 
2  To  this  dear  covenant  of  \hy  word 
I  set  my  worthless  name ; 


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1  seal  th'  engagement  to  my  Lord, 
And  make  my  humble  claim. 

3  Thy  light,  and  strength,  and  pardoning  grace, 
And  glory,  shall  be  mine ; 

My  life  and  soul,  my  heart  and  flesh, 
And  all  my  powers,  are  thine. 

4  Sweet  is  the  memory  of  his  name, 
Who  blessed  us  in  his  will. 

And  to  his  testament  of  love 
Made  his  own  blood  the  seal. 

98  L.  M.  (294) 
The  table  prepared. 

MY  God,  and  is  thy  table  spread? 
And  does  tliy  cup  with  love  o'erflow? 
Thither  be  all  thy  children  led. 

And  let  them  all  its  sweetness  know. 

2  Hail,  sacred  feast,  which  Jesus  makes! 
Rich  banquet  of  his  flesh  and  blood ! 

Thrice  happy  he  who  here  partakes 
That  sacred  stream,  that  heavenly  food ! 

3  O  let  thy  table  honored  be. 

And  furnished  well  with  joyful  guests! 
And  may  each  soul  salvation  see, 
That  here  its  sacred  pledges  tastes ! 

4  Let  crowds  approach  with  hearts  prepared ; 
With  hearts  inflamed  let  all  attend; 

Nor,  v/lien  we  leave  our  Father's  board, 
The  pleasure  or  the  profit  end. 

99  C.  M.  (295) 
The  invitation. 

THE  King  of  heaven  his  table  spreads, 
And  blessings  crown  the  board ; 
Not  paradise,  with  all  its  joys, 
Could  such  delight  afibrd. 


64  ITs'STITUTIONS. 

2  Pardon  and  peace  to  dying  men, 
And  endless  life,  are  given, 

Tlirough  the  rich  blood  that  Jesns  shed, 
To  raise  our  souls  to  heaven. 

3  Millions  of  souls,  in  glorv  now, 
Were  fed  and  feasted  here ; 

And  millions  more,  still  on  the  way, 
Around  the  board  appear. 

4  All  things  are  ready:  come  away, 
Nor  weak  excuses  frame; 

C'rowd  to  your  places  at  the  feast. 
And  bless  the  Founder's  name. 

100  C.  M.  (296) 

Penitent  sinner^  welcome. 

THIS  is  the  feast  of  heavenly  wine. 
And  God  invites  to  sup ; 
The  juices  of  the  living  Vine 
Were  pressed  to  fill  the  cup. 

2  O  bless  the  Saviour,  ye  who  eat. 
With  royal  dainties  fed ; 

Not  heaven  aflbrds  a  costlier  treat, 
For  Jesus  is  the  bread ! 

3  The  vile,  the  lost — he  calls  to  them : 
"Ye  trembling  souls,  appear! 

The  righteous  in  their  own  esteem 
Have  no  acceptance  here. 

4  "Approach,  ye  poor,  nor  dare  refuse 
The  banquet  spread  for  you : " 

Dear  Saviour,  this  is  welcome  news ! 
Then  I  may  venture  too. 

101  S.  M.  (297) 
''Let  us  keep  the  feast." 

LET  all  who  truly  bear 
The  bleeding  Saviour's  name, 


THE    LORD'S   SUPPER.  b- 

Tlieir  faitliful  hearts  with  us  prepare, 
And  eat  the  paschal  Lamb. 

2  Who  thus  our  faith  employ 
His  sufferings  to  recoi'd, 

E'en  now  we  mournfully  enjoy 
Communion  with  our  Lord ; 

3  As  though  we  every  one 
Beneath  his  cross  had  stood, 

And  seen  him  heave,  and  lieard  him  groan. 
And  felt  his  gushing  blood. 

4  We  too  Avith  him  are  dead, 
And  shall  with  him  arise: 

The  cross  on  which  he  bows  his  liead 
Shall  lift  us  to  the  skies. 


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103  L.  M.  (303) 

The  penitent  at  the  table. 

OW  long,  thou  faitliful  God,  shall  I 
Here  in  thy  ways  forgotten  lie? 
Wlien  shall  the  means  of  healing  be 
The  chaiinels  of  thy  grace  to  me? 

2  Sinners,  on  every  side,  step  in, 
And  wash  away  their  pain  and  sin; 
But  I,  a  heli)less,  sin-sick  soul, 
Still  lie  expiring  at  the  pool. 

3  In  vain  I  tsd^e  the  broken  bread, 
I  cannpt  on  thy  mercy  feed  ; 
In  vain  I  drink  the  liallowed  wine, 
I  cannot  taste  the  love  divine. 

4  Surely  if  thou  the  symbols  bless. 
The  covenant-blood  shall  seal  my  peace ; 
Thy  flesh,  e'en  now,  shall  be  my  food, 
And  all  my  soul  be  filled  with  God. 

3 


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QQ  iNSTiTUTio:Na. 

5.  THE  SABBATH. 

103  7,7,7,7,7,7.  (315) 
Opening  morning  service. 

AFELY  through  another  week 
God  has  brought  us  on  our  way; 
Let  US  now  a  blessing  seek, 

Waiting  in  his  courts  to-day: 
Day  of  all  the  week  the  best, 
Emblem  of  eternal  rest. 

2  While  we  seek  supplies  of  grace, 
Tlirough  the  dear  Redeemer's  name, 

Show  thy  reconciling  face — 

Take  away  our  sin  and  shame: 
From  our  worldly  cares  set  free, 
May  we  rest  this  day  in  thee. 

3  Here  we  come  thy  name  to  praise ; 
Let  us  feel  thy  presence  near; 

May  thy  glory  meet  ttur  eyes. 

While  we  in  thy  house  appear: 
Here  afford  us,  Lord,  a  taste 
Of  our  everlasting  feast. 

4  May  the  gospel's  joyful  sound 
Conquer  sinners,  comfort  saints, 

Make  the  fruits  of  grace  abound. 

Bring  relief  from  all  complaints: 
Thus  let  all  our  Sabbaths  prove, 
Till  we  join  the  Church  above. 

104  C.  M.  •        (314) 
Opening  morning  service. 

COME,  let  us  join  with  one  accord 
In  hymns  around  the  throne! 
This  is  the  day  our  rising  Lord 
Hath  made  and  called  his  own. 


THE   SABBATH.  67 

2  This  is  the  day  which  God  hath  blessed, 
The  brigiitest  of  the  seven, 

Type  of  that  everlasting  rest 
The  saints  enjoy  in  heaven. 

3  Then  let  us  in  his  name  sing  on, 
And  hasten  to  that  day 

When  our  Redeemer  sliall  come  down, 
And  shadows  pass  away. 

4  Not  one,  but  all  our  days  below, 
Let  us  in  hymns  emph)y; 

And  in  our  Lord  rejoicing,  go 
To  his  eternal  joy. 

105  L.  M.  (316) 
Opening  morning  service. 

ANOTHER  six  days'  work  is  done; 
Another  Sabbath  is  begun : 
Return,  my  soul,  enjoy  thy  rest, 
Improve  the  day  tliy  God  hath  blessed. 

2  O  that  our  thouglits  and  thanks  may  rise, 
As  grateful  incense,  to  the  skies; 

And  draw  from  Christ  that  sweet  repose 
Which  none  but  he  that  feels  it  knows ! 

3  This  heavenly  calm  within  the  breas't 
Is  the  dear  pledge  of  glorious  rest, 
W^hich  for  the  Church  of  God  remains, 
The  end  of  cares,  the  end  of  i^ains. 

4  In  holy  duties  let  the  day. 
In  holy  comforts,  pass  away: 

How  sweet,  a  Sabbath  thus  to  spend, 
In  hope  of  one  that  ne'er  shall  end! 

106  L.  M.  (320) 
Psalm  xcii. 

SWEET  is  the  work,  my  God,  my  King, 
To  praise  thy  name,  give  thanks,  and  sing; 


68  INSTITUTIONS. 

To  show  thy  love  by  morning  light, 
And  talk  of  all  thy  truth  by  night. 

2  Sweet  is  the  day  of  sacred  rest; 

No  mortal  cares  shall  seize  my  breast: 
O  may  my  heart  in  tune  be  found, 
Like  David's  harp  of  solemn  sound! 

3  My  heart  shall  triumph  in  my  Lord, 
And  bless  his  works  and  bless  liis  word : 
Thy  works  of  grace,  how  bright  they  shine ! 
How  deep  thy  counsels !  how  divine ! 

4  Then  shall  I  share  a  glorious  part 
When  grace  hath  well  refined  my  heart, 
And  fresh  supplies  of  joy  are  shed. 
Like  holy  oil,  to  cheer  my  head. 

5  Then  shall  I  see,  and  hear,  and  know, 
All  I  desired  or  wished  below; 

And  every  power  find  sweet  employ 
In  tliat  eternal  world  of  joy. 

107  L.  M.  (323) 

In  tJie  sanctuary. 

FAR  from  my  thoughts,  vain  world,  begone ! 
Let  my  religious  hours  alone: 
Fain  would  my  eyes  my  Saviour  see; 

1  wait  a  visit,  Lord,  from  thee. 

2  My  heart  grows  warm  with  holy  fire. 
And  kindles  with  a  pure  desire: 
Come,  my  dear  Jesus,  from  above, 
And  feed  my  soul  with  heavenly  love. 

3  Blest  Jesus,  what  delicious  fare ! 
How  sweet  thine  entertainments  are  I 
Never  did  angels  taste  above 
Redeeming  grace  and  dying  love. 


THE    GOSPEL    CALL.  69 

108  L.  M.  (324) 

Tlie  eternal  Sabbath. 

THINE  earthly  Sabbaths,  Lord,  we  love  ; 
But  there's  a  nobler  rest  above; 
To  that  our  laboring  souls  aspire, 
With  ardent  pangs  of  strong  desire. 

2  No  more  fatigue,  no  more  distress; 
Nor  sin  nor  hell  shall  reach  the  place; 
No  sighs  shall  mingle  with  the  songs 
AVhich  warble  from  immortal  tongues. 

3  No  rude  alarms  of  raging  foes ; 
No  cares  to  break  the  long  re})ose; 
No  midnight  shade,  no  clouded  sun, 
But  sacred,  high,  eternal  noon. 

4  O  long-expected  day,  begin; 
Dawn  on  these  realms  of  woe  and  sin : 
Fain  would  we  leave  this  weary  road, 
And  sleep  in  death,  to  rest  with  God. 


SECTION  V. 

The  Gospel  Call. 

109  6,6,6,6,8,8.  (325) 

The  year  of  Jubilee. 

BLOW  ye  the  trumpet,  blow, 
The  gladly  solemn  sound; 
Let  all  the  nations  know, 
To  earth's  remotest  bound, 
The  year  of  jubilee  is  come; 
Return,  ye  ransomed  sinners,  home. 
2  Extol  the  Lamb  of  God, 

Tiie  all-atoning  Lamb; 
Eedemption  through  his  blood 
Throughout  the  world  proclaim: 


70  THE   GOSPEL   CAiju. 

The  year  of  jubilee  is  come; 
Eeturn,  ye  ransomed  sinners,  home. 

3  Ye  slaves  of  sin  and  hell, 
Yonr  liberty  receive, 

And  safe  in  Jesus  dwell. 
And  blest  in  Jesus  live: 
The  year  of  jubilee  is  come  ; 
Eeturn,  ye  ransomed  sinners,  home. 

4  Ye  who  have  sold  for  naught 
Your  heritage  above, 

Receive  it  back  unbought. 
The  gift  of  Jesus'  love: 
The  year  of  jubilee  is  come ; 
Eeturn,  ye  ransomed  sinners,  home. 

5  The  gospel  trumpet  hear. 
The  news  of  heavenly  grace; 

And,  saved  from  earth,  appear 
Before  your  Saviour's  face: 
The  year  of  jubilee  is  come; 
Eeturn,  ye  ransomed  sinners,  home. 

110  L-  M.  (328) 

The  hearty  uxlcome. 

COME,  sinners,  to  the  gospel  feast ; 
Let  every  soul  be  Jesus'  guest: 
Ye  need  not  one  be  left  behind. 
For  God  hath  bidden  all  mankind. 

2  Come,  all  ye  souls  by  sin  oppressed. 
Ye  restless  wanderers  after  rest, 

Ye  poor,  and  maimed,  and  halt,  and  blind, 
In  Christ  a  hearty  welcome  find. 

3  See  him  set  forth  before  your  eyes. 
That  precious,  bleeding  sacrifice ! 
His  offered  benefits  embrace. 

And  freely  now  be  saved  by  grace  I 


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THE   GOSPEL   CALl!  71 

111  L.  M.  (331) 

Isaiah  Iv.  1-3. 

"O !  every  one  tliat  thirsts,  draw  nigh  ; 
'T  is  God  invites  the  fallen  race : 
Mercy  and  free  salvation  buy; 

Buy  wine,  and  milk,  and  gospel  grace. 

2  Come  to  the  living  waters,  come! 
Sinners,  obey  your  Maker's  call: 

Eeturn,  ye  weary  wanderers,  home, 
And  find  my,  grace  is  free  for  all. 

3  See  from  the  rock  a  fountain  rise; 
For  you  in  healing  streams  it  rolls ; 

Money  ye  need  not  bring,  nor  price, 
Ye  laboring,  burdened,  sin-sick  souls. 

4  Nothing  ye  in  exchange  shall  give ; 
Leave  all  you  have,  and  are,  behind; 

Frankly  the  gift  of  God  receive, 
Pardon  and  peace  in  Jesus  find. 

lia  L.  M.  (354) 

"Now  is  the  accepted  time." 

WHILE  life  prolongs  its  precious  liglit, 
Mercy  is  found,  and  peace  is  given ; 
But  soon,  ah  soon,  approaching  niglit 
Shall  blot  out  every  hope  of  heaven. 

2  While  God  invites,  how  blest  the  day! 
How  sweet  the  gospel's  charming  sound ! 

Come,  sinners,  haste,  O  haste  away, 
While  yet  a  pardoning  God  is  found. 

3  Soon,  borne  on  time's  most  rapid  wing, 
Shall  death  command  you  to  tlie  grave, 

Before  his  bar  your  spirits  bring. 
And  none  be  found  to  hear  or  save. 


72  THE   GOSPEL   CALL. 

4  In  that  lone  land  of  deep  despair 
No  Sabbath's  heavenly  light  shall  rise, 

No  God  regard  3^our  bitter  prayer, 
No  Saviour  call  you  to  the  skies. 

113  L.  M.  (351) 

^'■Return  unto  me." 

RETUKN,  O  wanderer,  return ! 
And  seek  an  injured  Father's  face; 
Those  warm  desires  that  in  thee  burn 
Were  kindled  by  reclaiming  grace. 

2  Keturn,  O  wanderer,  return, 

And  seek  a  Father's  melting  heart; 
His  pitying  eyes  thy  grief  discern, 

His  hand  shall  heal  thine  inward  smart. 

3  Return,  O  wanderer,  return. 
Thy  Saviour  bids  thy  spirit  live"; 

Go  to  his  bleeding  feet,  and  learn 


4  Eeturn,  O  wanderer,  return. 
And  wipe  away  the  falling  tear; 

'Tis  God  who  says,  ''No  longer  mourn;" 
'T  is  mercy's  voice  invites  thee  near. 

114  L.  M.  (326) 

The  gospel  supper. 

SINNEES,  obey  the  gospel  word ! 
Haste  to  the  supper  of  my  Lord : 
Be  wise  to  know  your  gracious  day  ; 
All  things  are  ready ;  come  away. 

2  Eeady  the  Father  is  to  own 
And  kiss  his  late-returning  son : 
Eeady  your  loving  Saviour  stands, 
.And  spreads  for  you  his  bleeding  hands. 


THE   GOSPEL    CALL.  72 

3  Eeady  the  Spirit  of  Ins  love 
Just  now  your  hardness  to  remove; 
T'  apply  and  witness  with  the  blood, 
And  wasli  and  seal  the  sons  of  God, 

4  Eeady  for  you  the  angels  wait, 
To  triumph  in  your  blest  estate: 
Tuning  their  harps,  they  long  to  praise 
The  wonders  of  redeeming  grace, 

5  The  Father,  Son,  and  Holy  Ghost, 
Are  reatly  with  their  shining  host: 
All  heaven  is  ready  to  resound, 
"The  dead's  alive*!  the  lost  is  found!" 

115  C.  M.  (334) 

Come  to  Jesus. 

COME,  humble  sinner,  in  whose  breast 
A  thousand  thoughts  revolve — 
Come,  with  your  gnift  and  fear  oppressed 
And  make  this  last  resolve: 

2  I'll  go  to  Jesus,  though  niy  sin 
Hath  like  a  mountain  rose,- 

I  know  his  courts,  I  '11  enter  in, 
Whatever  may  oppose: 

3  Prostrate  I'll  lie  before  his  throne. 
And  there  my  guilt  confess; 

I'll  tell  him  I'm  a  wretch  undone, 
Without  his  sovereign  grace: 

4  I  '11  to  the  gracious  King  approach, 
Wliose  scepter  pardon  gives; 

Perhaps  he  may  command  my  touch, 
And  then  the  suppliant  lives. 

5  Perhaps  he  may  admit  my  plea. 
Perhaps  will  hear  mv  prayer; 

But  if  I  perish,  I  will  pray, 
And  perish  only  there. 


74  THE    GOSPEL   CALL. 

6  I  can  bnt  perisli  if  I  go, 
I  am  resolved  to  try; 

For  if  I  stay  away,  I  know 
I  must  forever  die. 

7  But  if  I  die  with  mercy  souglit, 
Wlien  I  the  King  have  tried, 

This  were  to  die  (delightful  thought!) 
As  sinner  never  died. 

lie  C.  M.  •     (353) 

Urgent  appeal. 

SINNEES,  the  voice  of  God  regard : 
'Tis  mercy  speaks  to-day; 
He  calls  you  by  his  sacred  word 
From  sin's  destructive  way. 

2  Like  the  rough  sea  that  cannot  rest, 
You  live  devoid  of  peace ; 

A  thousand  stings  within  your  breast 
Deprive  your  souls  of  ease. 

3  Your  way  is  dark,  and  leads  to  hell : 
Why  will  you  persevere? 

Can  you  in  endless  torments  dAvell, 
Shut  up  in  black  despair? 

4  Why  will  you  in  the  crooked  ways 
Of  sin  and  folly  go? 

In  pain  you  travel  all  your  days, 
To  reap  eternal  woe. 

5  But  he  that  turns  to  God  shall  live 
Through  his  abounding  grace: 

His  mercy  will  the  guilt  forgive 
Of  those  that  seek  his  face. 

117  C.  M.  (350) 

Revelation  iii.  20. 

COME,  let  us  who  in  Christ  believe, 
Our  common  Saviour  praise: 


THE    GOSPEL    CALL.  75 

To  him,  with  joyful  voices,  give 
The  glory  of  his  grace. 

2  He  now  stands  knocking  at  the  door 
Of  every  sinner's  heart: 

The  worst  need  keep  him  out  no  more, 
Or  force  him  to  depart. 

3  Through  grace  we  hearken  to  thy  voice, 
Yield  to  be  saved  from  sin  ; 

In  sure  and  certain  hope  rejoice, 
That  thou  wilt  enter  in. 

4  Come  quickly  in,  thou  heavenly  Guest, 
Nor  ever  hence  remove; 

But  sup  with  us,  and  let  the  feast 
Be  everlasting  love. 

118  C.  M.  (357) 

Acts  xvii.  30,  31. 

REPENT,  the  voice  celestial  cries. 
No  longer  dare  dehiy; 
The  wretch  tiuit  scorns  the  mandate  dies. 
And  meets  a  fiery  day. 

2  The  summons  goes  through  all  the  earth. 
Let  earth  attend  and  fear: 

Listen,  ye  men  of  royal  birth. 
And  let  your  vassals  hear. 

3  Together  in  his  presence  bow, 
And  all  your  guilt  confess; 

Accei)t  the  ollei-ed  Saviour  now, 
Nor  trifle  with  the  grace. 

4  Bow,  ere  the  awful  trumpet  sound. 
And  call  you  to  hi«  bar; 

For  mercy  knows  th'  appointed  bound, 
And  turns  to  vengeance  there. 


76  THE   GOSPEL   CALL. 

119  C.  M.  (333) 
Isaiah  Iv.  1-3. 

LET  every  mortal  ear  attend, 
And  every  heart  rejoice; 
The  trumpet  of  the  gospel  sounds 
With  an  inviting  voice. 

2  Ho !  all  ye  hungry,  starving  souls, 
That  feed  upon  the  wind, 

And  vainly  strive  with  earthly  toys 
To  fill  an  empty  mind — 

3  Eternal  wisdom  hath  prepared 
A  soul-reviving  feast, 

And  bids  your  longing  appetites 
The  rich  provision  taste. 

4  Ho !  ye  that  pant  for  living  streams, 
And  pine  away  and  die, 

Here  you  may  quench  your  raging  thirst 
With  sj^rings  that  never  dry. 

5  Rivers  of  love  and  mercy  here 
In  a  rich  ocean  join : 

Salvation,  in  abundance,  flows 
Like  floods  of  milk  and  wine, 

6  Tlie  happy  gates  of  gospel  grace 
Stand  open  night  and  day : 

Lord,  we  are  come  to  seek  supplies. 
And  drive  our  wants  away. 

120  C.  M.  (368) 

Before  an  awakening  sermon. 

lOlME,  O  thou  all-victorious  Lord, 
U  Thy  power  to  us  make  known ; 
Strike  with  the  hammer  of  thy  word, 

And  break  these -hearts  of  stone. 
2  Convince  us  first  of  unbelief, 

And  freely  then  release: 


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THE    GOSPEL    CALL.  77 

Fill  every  soul  with  sacred  grief, 
And  then  with  sacred  peace. 

3  Impoverish,  Lord,  and  then  relieve. 
And  then  enrich  the  poor: 

Tlie  knowledge  of  our  sickness  give, 
The  knowledge  of  our  cure. 

4  That  blessed  sense  of  guilt  impart, 
And  then  remove  the  load: 

Trouble,  and  wash  the  troubled  heart 
In  the  atoning  blood. 

0  Our  desperate  state  through  sin  declare, 
And  speak  our  sins  forgiven : 

By  perfect  holiness  prepare, 
And  take  us  up  to  heaven. 

121  7s.  (345) 

The  expostulation. 

INNERS,  turn,  why  will  ye  die? 
God,  your  Maker,  asks  you  why — 
God,  who  did  your  being  give. 
Made  you  with  himself  to  live: 
He  the  fatal  cause  demands, 
Asks  the  work  of  his  own  hands, 
Why,  ye  thankless  creatures,  why 
AVill  ye  cross  his  love,  and  die? 

2  Sinners,  turn,  Avhy  will  ye  die? 
God,  your  Saviour,  asks  you  why — 
God,  who  did  your  souls  retrieve, 
Died  himself  that  ye  might  live: 
Will  ye  let  him  die  in  vain? 
Ci-ucify  your  Lord  again? 
Why,  ye  ransomed  sinners,  why 
Will  ye  slight  his  grace,  and  die? 

3  Sinners,  turn,  why  Avill  ye  die? 

God,  the  Spirit,  asks  you  why — 


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78  THE    G03PEL    CALL. 

He,  who  all  your  lives  hath  strove, 
Wooed  you  to  embrace  his  love: 
Will  ye  not  his  grace  receive? 
W^ill  ye  still  refuse  to  live? 
Why,  ye  long-sought  sinners,  why 
Will  ye  grieve  your  God,  and  die? 


H 


122  7s.  (360) 

"Escape  for  thy  life." 
ASTEN,  sinner,  to  be  wise; 
Stay  not  for  the  morrow's  sun; 
Wisdt>m,  if  thou  still  despise. 
Harder  is  she  to  be  won. 

2  Hasten,  mercy  to  implore ; 
Stay  not  for  the  morrow's  sun; 

Lest  thy  season  should  be  o'er 
Ere  this  evening's  stage  be  run. 

3  Hasten,  sinner,  to  return ; 
Stay  not  for  the  morrow's  sun; 

Lest  thy  lamp  should  cease  to  burn 
Ere  salvation's  work  is  done. 

4  Hasten,  sinner,  to  be  blest ; 
Stay  not  for  the  morrow's  sun ; 

Lest  the  curse  should  thee  arrest 
Ere  the  morrow  is  begun. 

123  C.  M.  (371) 
Before  an  inviting  sermon. 

JESUS,  tliou  all-redeeming  Lord, 
Thy  blessing  we  implore; 
Open  the  door  to  preach  thy  word. 
The  great  effectual  door, 

2  Gather  tlie  outcasts  in,  and  save 
From  sin  and  Satan's  power; 

And  let  them  now  acceptance  have, 
And  know  their  gracious  houi\ 


THE   GOSPEL   CALL.  79 

3  Lover  of  souls!  tlion  know'st  to  prize 
What  thou  hast  bought  so  dear: 

Coine,  tlien,  and  in  thy  people's  eyes, 
AVitli  all  thy  wounds  appear! 

4  Keady  thou  art  the  blood  t'  apply, 
And  prove  the  record  true; 

And  all  thy  wounds  to  sinners  cry, 
"I  sullered  this  for  you!" 

124  C;  M.  (341) 

The  free  invUation. 

JESUS,  thy  blessings  are  not  few, 
Nor  is  thy  gos})el  weak: 
Tiiy  grace  can  melt  the  stubborn  Jew, 
And  bow  th'  aspiring  Greek. 

2  Wide  as  the  reach  of  Satan's  rage 
Doth  thy  salvation  (low; 

'T  is  not  confined  to  sex  or  age. 
The  lofty  or  the  low. 

3  While  grace  is  offered  to  the  prince, 
The  poor  may  take  their  share; 

No  mortal  has  a  just  pretense 
To  perish  in  despair. 

4  Come,  all  ye  vilest  sinners,  come; 
He  '11  form  your  souls  anew: 

His  gosjjel  and  his  heart  have  room 
For  rebels  such  as  you. 

1S5  C.  M.  v366) 

Before  evening  se?'?7wn. 

THOU  Son  of  God,  whose  flaming  eyes 
Our  inmost  thoughts  perceive, 
Accept  the  evening  sacrifice 
AVhich  now  to  tliee  we  give. 


80  THE    GOSPEL    CALL. 

2  We  bow  before  tliy  gracious  throne, 
And  think  ourselves  sincere; 

But  show  us,  Lord,  is  every  one 
Thy  real  worshiper? 

3  Is  here  a  soul  that  knows  thee  not, 
Nor  feels  his  want  of  thee ; 

A  stranger  to  the  blood  which  bought 
His  jjardon  on  the  tree? 

4  Convince  him  now  of  unbelief. 
His  desperate  state  explain  ; 

And  fill  his  heart  with  sacred  grief. 
And  penitential  pain. 

5  Speak  with  that  voice  that  wakes  the  dead, 
And  bid  the  sleeper  rise ; 

And  bid  his  guilty  conscience  dread 
The  death  that  never  dies. 

126  C.  M.  (365) 

Eccles.  xii.  1. 

IN  the  soft  season  of  thy  youth, 
In  nature's  smiling  bloom, 
Ere  age  arrives,  and  trembling  waits 

Its  summons  to  the  tomb, 
Remember  thy  Creator  now; 

For  him  thy  [)owers  employ; 
Make  him  thy  fear,  thy  love,  thy  hope, 
Thy  confidence  and  joy. 

2  He  shall  defend  and  guide  thy  youth 

Through  life's  uncertain  sea, 
Till  tliou  art  landed  on  the  coast 

Of  blest  eternity. 
Then  seek  the  Lord  betimes,  and  choose 

The  path  of  heavenly  truth : 
This  earth  affords  no  lovelier  sight 

Than  a  religious  youth. 


THE   GOSPEL   CALL.  81 

127  S.  M.  (355) 
^^Now  is  the  day  of  scdvation." 

TO-MORROW,  Lord,  is  thine, 
Lodged  in  thy  sovereign  hand, 
And  if  its  sun  arise  and  shine, 
It  shines  by  thy  command. 

2  The  present  moment  flies, 

And  bears  our  life  away; 
O  make  thy  servants  truly  wise, 

That  they  may  live  to-day ! 

8  One  thing  demands  our  care; 

O  be  it  still  pursued, 
Lest,  slighted  once,  the  season  fair 

Should  never  be  renewed ! 

4  To  Jesus  may  we  fly, 

Swift  as  the  morning  light, 
Lest  life's  young  golden  beam  should  die 

In  sudden,  endless  night. 

128  L.  M.  (349) 
Revelation  iii.  20. 

BEHOLD  a  Stranger  at  the  door ! 
He  gently  knocks,  has  knocked  before ; 
Has  waited  long — is  waiting  still ; 
You  treat  no  other  friend  so  ill. 

2  O  lovely  attitude  !  He  stands 

With  melting  heart  and  bleeding  hands; 
O  matchless  kindness!  and  lie  shows 
This  matchless  kindness  to  his  foes! 

3  But  will  he  prove  a  Friend  indeed  ? 
He  will;  the  very  Friend  you  need; 
The  Friend  of  sinners — yes,  'tis  He, 
With  garments  dyed  on  Calvary. 


82  THE   GOSPEL   CALL. 

4  Eise,  touched  with  gratitude  divine ; 
Turn  out  his  enemy  and  tliine, 

That  soul-destroying  monster,  sin, 
And  let  the  heavenly  Stranger  in. 

5  Admit  him,  ere  his  anger  burn ; 
His  £eet  departed,  ne'er  return; 
Admit  him,  or  the  hour's  at  hand, 
You'll  at  his  door  rejected  stand. 

129  8,7,8,7,4,7.  (330) 

The  invitation. 

COME,  ye  sinners,  poor^nd  needy. 
Weak  and  wounded,  sick  and  sore ; 
Jesus  ready  stands  to  save  you, 
Full  of  pity,  love,  and  power: 

He  is  able, 
He  is  willing :  doubt  no  more. 

2  Now,  ye  needy,  come  and  welcome, 
God's  free  bounty  glorify  : 

True  belief  and  true  repentance. 
Every  grace  that  brings  you  nigh, 

Without  money, 
Come  to  Jesus  Christ  and  buy. 

3  Let  not  conscience  make  you  linger ; 
Nor  of  fitness  fondly  dream; 

All  tlie  litness  he  requiretli 
Is  to  feel  your  need  of  him: 

This  he  gives  you, 
'Tis  the  Spirit's  glimmering  beam. 

4  Come,  ye  weary,  lieavy-laden, 
Bruised  and  mangled  by  the  fall, 

If  you  tarry  till  you  're  lietter. 
You  will  never  coine  at  all: 

Not  the  righteous, 
Sinners  Jesus  came  to  c,-'ll. 


PENITENTIAL    EXERCISES.  83 

130  11,10,11,10.  (352) 

Co?ne,  ye  disconsolate. 

COME,  ye  disconsolate,  where'er  ye  languish, 
QomQ,  and  at  God's  altar  fervently  kneel ; 
Here  hring  your  wounded  hearts,  here  tell  your 
anguish; 
Earth  has  no  sorrow  that  Heaven  cannot  heal. 

2  Jf.y  of  the  desolate,  Light  of  the  straying, 
Hope  of  the  penitent,  fadeless  and  pure. 

Here  speaks  the  Comforter,  in  God's  name  say- 
ing, 
Earth  has  no  sorrow  that  Heaven  cannot  cure. 

3  Go,  ask  the  infidel  what  boon  he  brings  us — 
What  charm  for  aching  liearts  he  can  reveal, 

Sv/eet  as  the  heavenly  promise  hope  sings  us. 
Earth  has  no  sorro\v  that  God  cannot  heal. 


SECTION  VI. 

Penitential  Exercises. 

131  7,0,7,6,7,8,7,6.  (379) 

Praying  for  repeT^tance. 

JESUS,  let  thy  pitying  eye 
Call  back  a  wandering  sheep; 
False  to  thee,  like  Peter,  I 

Would  fain  like  Peter,  weep. 
Let  me  be  by  grace  restored  ; 

On  me  be  all  iong-sufiering  shown: 
Turn,  and  look  upon  me,  Lord, 

And  break  my  heart  of  stone. 
2  Saviour,  Prince,  enthroned  above, 

Repentance  to  im])art. 
Give  me,  through  thy  dying  love, 

Tiie  humble,  contrite  heart: 


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84  PENITENTIAL    EXERCISES. 

Give  what  I  have  long  implored,  ; 

A  portion  of  thy  grief  unknown: 
Turn,  and  look  upon  me,  Lord, 

And  break  my  heart  of  stone. 

3  Look  as  when  thy  languid  eye 

Was  closed  that  we  might  live: 
"Father"  (at  the  point  to  die 

My  Saviour  gasped),  ''forgive!" 
Surely  with  that  dying  word 

He  turns,  and  looks,  and  cries,  "'Tis  done!" 
O  my  bleeding,  loving  Lord, 

Thou  break'st  my  heart  of  stone ! 

133  L.  M.  (380) 

Psalm  li.  1-4. 

HOW  pity.  Lord,  O  Lord,  forgive, 
Let  a  repenting  rebel  live  : 
Are  not  thy  mercies  large  and  free? 
May  not  a  sinner  trust  in  thee? 

2  My  crimes  are  great,  but  don't  surpass 
The  power  and  glory  of  thy  grace: 
Great  God,  tJiy  nature  liath  no  bound, 
So  let  thy  pardoning  love  be  found. 

3  O  wash  my%oul  from  every  sin ! 
And  make  my  guilty  conscience  clean ! 
Here  on  my  heart  the  burden  lies. 
And  past  offenses  pain  mine  eyes. 

4  My  lips  with  shame  my  sins  confess. 
Against  thy  law,  against  thy  grace: 
Lord,  should  thy  judgments  grow  severe, 
I  am  condemned,  but  thou  art  clear. 

5  Yet  save  a  trembling  sinner.  Lord, 
Whose  hope,  still  hovering  round  thy  Avord, 
Would  light  on  some  sweet  promise  there, 
Some  sure  support  against  despair. 


PENITENTIAL    EXERCISES.  SO 

133  L.  M.  (381) 

Psalm  li.  5-8. 

LOKD,  we  are  vile,  conceived  in  sin. 
And  Ijorn  unholy  and  unclean : 
Sprung  from  the  man  whose  guilty  faii 
Corrupts  his  race,  and  taints  us  all. 

2  Soon  as  Ave  draw  our  infant  breath, 
The  seeds  of  sin  grow  up  for  death : 
Thy  law  demands  a  perfect  heart, 
But  we're  defiled  in  every  part. 

3  Behold,  I  fall  before  thy  face; 
My  only  refuge  is  thy  grace : 

K o  outward  forms  can  make  me  clean ; 
The  leprosy  lies  deep  within. 

'4  Jesus,  my  God,  thy  blood  alone 
Hath  po^ver  sufficient  to  atone; 
Thy  blood  can  make  me  white  as  snow: 
No  Jewish  types  could  cleanse  me  so. 

5  While  guilt  disturbs  and  breaks  my  peace, 
.Nor  flesli  nor  soul  hath  rest  or  ease: 
Lord,  let  me  hear  thy  pardoning  voice, 
And  make  my  broken  heart  rejoice. 


134  S.  M.  (375) 

Praying  for  repentance. 

THAT  I  could  repent. 
With  all  my  idols  part; 
And  to  thy  gracious  eye  present 
A  humble,  contrite  heart: 


0 


2  A  heart  with  grief  oppressed 
For  having  grieved  my  God ; 

A  troubled  heart  that  cannot  rest 
Till  sprinkled  with  thy  blood. 


0 


Ob  PENITENTIAL    EXERCISES. 

3  Jesus,  on  me  bestow 
The  penitent  desire ; 

With  true  sincerity  of  woe 
My  aciiing  breast  inspire: 

4  With  softening  pity  look, 
And  melt  my  hardness  down: 

Strike  with  thy  love's  resistless  stroke, 
And  break  this  heart  of  stone ! 

135  C.  M.  (377) 

Praying  for  repentance. 
FOR  that  tenderness  of  heart, 
Which  bows  before  the  Lord, 
Acknowledging  how  just  thou  art, 

And  trembling  at  thy  word  ! 
O  for  those  humble,  contrite  tears, 

'Which  from  repentance  flow; 
That  consciousness  of  guilt  ^^hich  fears 
The  long  suspended  blow! 

2  Saviour,  to  me  in  pity  give 

The  sensible  distress; 
The  pledge  thou  wilt,  at  last,  receive. 

And  bid  me  die  in  peace: 
Wilt  from  the  dreadful  day  remove. 

Before  tlie  evil  come; 
My  spirit  hide  with  saints  above 

My  body  in  the  tomb. 

136  S.  M.  (394) 

Surrendering  the  heart. 

WHEN  shall  thy  love  constrain 
And  force  me  to  thy  breast? 
AVlien  shall  my  soul  return  again 
To  her  eternal  rest? 

2  Ah !  what  avails  my  strife, 
Mv  wandering  to  and  fro? 


PENITENTIAL    EXERCISES.  0/ 

Thou  hast  the  words  of  endless  life: 
Ah !  whither  should  I  go  ? 

3  Tliy  condescending  grace 
To  ine  did  freely  move: 

It  calls' me  still  to  seek  thy  'ftice, 
And  stoops  to  ask  my  love. 

4  Lord,  at  thy  feet  I  fall, 
I  groan  to  be  set  free : 

1  fain  would  now  obey  the  call, 
And  give  up  all  for  thee. 

C.  M.  (421) 

"Help  thou  my  unbelief." 

HOW  sad  our  state  by  nature  is ! 
Our  sin  how  deep  it  stains! 
And  Satan  binds  our  captive  souls 
Fast  in  his  slavish  chains. 

2  But  there's  a  voice  of  sovereign  grace 
Sounds  from  tlie  sacred  word : 

Ho !  ye  despairing  sinners,  come, 
And  trust  a  faithful  Lord. 

3  My  soul  obeys  the  gracious  call, 
And  runs  to  this  relief:^ 

I  would  believe  thy  promise.  Lord, 
O  help  my  unbelief! 

4  To  tlie  blest  fountain  of  thy  blood, 
Incarnate  God,  I  fiy: 

Here  let  me  wash  my  spotted  soul 
From  crimes  of  deepest  dye. 

5  A  guilty,  weak,  and  lielpless  worm. 
Into  thy  arms  I  fall: 

Be  thou  my  strength  and  righteousness, 
My  Jesus  and  my  all. 


88  PENITENTIAL    EXERCISES. 

138  7s.  (433) 

Refuge  in  Christ. 

JESUS,  Lover  of  my  soul, 
Let  me  to  thy  bosom  tiy, 
While  the  nearer  waters  roll, 

While  the  tempest  still  is  liigii : 
Hide  me,  O  my  Saviour,  hide, 

Till  the  storm  of  life  he  past; 
Safe  into  the  haven  guide, 

0  receive  my  soul  at  last! 

2  either  refuge  have  I  none. 

Hangs  my  helpless  soul  on  tliee:       ^ 
Leave,  ah !  leave  me  not  alone. 

Still  support  and  comfort  me ! 
All  my  trust  on  thee  is  stayed. 

All  my  help  from  thee  I  bring: 
Cover  my  defenseless  head 

With  the  shadow  of  thy  wing. 

3  Thou,  O  Christ,  art  all  I  want; 
Moi-e  than  all  in  thee  I  find : 

Raise  the  follen,  cheer  the  faint. 

Heal  the  sick,  and  'lead  the  blind. 
Just  and  holy  is  thy  name ; 

1  am  all  unrighteousness: 
False,  and  full  of  sin,  I  am; 

Thou  art  full  of  truth  and  grace. 

4  Plenteous  grace  with  tliee  is  found, 
Grace  to  cover  all  my  sin : 

Let  the  healing  streams  abound,' 
Make  and  keep  me  })ure  within: 

Thou  of  life  the  fountain  art ; 
Freely  let  me  take  of  tliee: 

Spring  thou  up  within  my  heart, 
Rise  to  all  eternity! 


PENITENTIAL    EXERCISES.  89 

139  C.  M.  (435) 
Subdued  by  the  Cross. 

IN  evil  long  I  took  delight, 
Unawed  by  shame  or  fear ;  . 
Till  a  new  object  struck  ray  sight, 
I.  And  stopped  my  wild  career. 

2  I  saw  one  hanging  on  a  tree, 
In  agonies  and  l)lood, 

"Who  fixed  his  languid  eyes  on  me. 
As  near  his  cross  I  stood. 

3  Sure,  never  to  ray  latest  breath 
Can  I  forget  that  look; 

It  seemed  to  charge  rae  with  his  death, 
Though  not  a  word  he  spoke. 

4  My  conscience  felt,  and  owned  the  guilt, 
"   And  plunged  me  in  despair: 

I  saw  my  sins  his  blood  had  spilt, 
And  helped  to  nail  him  there. 

5  A  second  look  he  gave,  which  said, 
"  I  freely  all  forgive  ; 

This  blood  is  for  thy  ransom  paid;    . 
I  died  that  thou  may'st  live." 

6  Thus,  while  his  death  my  sin  displays 
In  all  its  blackest  hue. 

Such  is  the  mystery  of  grace, 
It  seals  my  pardon  too. 

140  C.  M.  (424) 
Praying  for  faith. 

FATHER,  I  stretch  my  hands  to  thee. 
No  other  help  I  know ; 
If  thou  withdraw  tliyself  from  me, 
Ah  !  whither  shall  I  go? 


90  PENITENTIAL    EXERCISES. 

2  What  did  thine  only  Son  endure, 
Before  I  drew  my  breatli ! 

What  pain,  what  labor  to  secure 
My  soul  from  endless  death  ! 

3  Author  of  faith,  to  thee  I  lift 
My  weary,  longing  eyes-: 

O  let  me  now  receive  that  gift ! 
My  soul  without  it  dies ! 

4  Surely  thou  canst  not  let  me  die: 
O  speak,  and  I  shall  live; 

And  here  I  Avill  unwearied  lie, 
Till  thou  thy  Spirit  give. 

5  The  worst  of  sinners  would  rejoice, 
Could  they  but  see  thy  face : 

0  let  me  hear  thy  quickening  voice, 
And  taste  thy  pardoning  grace ! 

141  C.  M.  (449) 

The  backsUder^s  prayer. 

FOR,  a  closer  walk  with  God, 
A  calm  and  heavenly  frame, 
A  light  to  shine  upon  the  road 
That  leads  me  to  the  Lamb ! 

2  W^here  is  the  blessedness  I  knew 
When  first  I  saw  the  Lord  ? 

Where  is  the  soul-refreshing  view 
Of  Jesus  and  his  word  ? 

3  AVhat  peaceful  hours  I  once  enjoyed  1 
How  sweet  their  memory  still! 

But  they  have  left  an  aching  void 
The  world  can  never  fill. 

4  Keturn,  O  holy  Dove,  return. 
Sweet  messenger  of  rest! 

1  hate  the  sins  that  made  thee  mourn, 
And  drove  thee  from  my  breast. 


0 


PENITENTIAL    EXERCISES.  91 

5  The  dearest  idol  I  have  known, 
Whate'er  that  idol  be, 

Help  me  to  tear  it  from  thy  throne, 
And  worship  only  thee. 

6  So  shall  my  walk  be  close  with  God, 
Calm  and  serene  my  frame; 

So  purer  light  shall  mark  tlie  road 
That  leads  me  to  tlie  Lamb. 


A 


14.-2  S.  M.  (395) 

Surrendering  the  heart. 
ND  can  I  yet  delay 
My  little  all  to  give? 
To  tear  my  soul  from  earth  away 
For  Jesus  to  receive? 

2  Nay,  but  I  yield,  I  yield! 
I  can  hold  out  no  more: 

1  sink,  by  dying  love  compelled, 
And  own  thee  conqueror! 

3  Though  late,  I  all  forsake; 
My  friends,  my  all  resign: 

Gracious  Kedeemer,  take,  O  take, 
And  seal  me  ever  thine! 

4  Come,  and  possess  me  whole, 
Nor  hence  again  remove : 

Settle  and  fix  my  wavering  soul 
With  all  thy  weiglit  of  love. 

143  S.  M.  (410; 

Embracing  offered  mercy. 
MY  offended  God, 
If  now  at  last  I  see 
That  I  have  trampled  on  thy  blood, 
And  done  despite  to  thee: 

2  If  I  begin  to  wake 
Out  of  my  deadly  sleep 


0 


92  PENITENTIAL    EXERCISES. 

Into  tliy  arms  of  mercy  take, 
And  there  forever  keep. 

3  No  other  right  have  I 

Than  what  the  world  may  claim : 
All,  all  may  to  their  God  draw  nigh, 
Through  faith  in  Jesus'  name. 

4  Thou  hast  obtained  the  grace 
That  all  may  turn  and  live; 

And  lo!  thy  offer  I  embrace, 
Thy  mercy  I  receive. 

1 4.-4  7s.  (87  Z.) 

The  suit. 

COME,  my  soul,  thy  suit  prepare — 
Jesus  loves  to  answer  prayer: 
He  himself  has  bid  thee  pray. 
Therefore  will  not  say  thee  nay. 
2  Thou  art  coming  to  the  King: 
Large  petitions  with  thee  bring ; 
For  his  grace  and  power  are  such. 
None  can  ever  ask  too  much. 
B  With  my  burden  I  begin : 
Lord,  remove  tliis  load  of  sin! 
Let  thy  blood,  for  sinners  spilt. 
Set  my  conscience  free  from  guilt. 
4  Lord,  I  come  to  thee  for  rest — 
Take  possession  of  my  breast : 
There  thy  blood-bought  right  maintain, 
And  without  a  rival  reign. 

145  L.  M.  (414) 

"Heal  my  soul.'" 

OTHOL'',  whom  once  tliey  flocked  to  hear! 
Thy  words  to  hear,  thy  power  to  feel ; 
oufFer  the  sinners  to  draw  near, 
And  graciously  receive  us  still. 


PENITENTIAL    EXERCISES.  93 

2  They  that  be  whole,  thyself  hast  said, 
No  need  of  a  physician  have; 

But  I  am  sick,  and  want  thine  aid, 
And  ask  thine  utmost  power  to  save. 

3  Thy  poAver,  and  truth,  and  love  divine, 
Tlie  same  from  age  to  age  endure : 

A  word,  a  gracious  word  of  thine. 
The  most  inveterate  plague  can  cure. 

4  Helpless  howe'er  my  spirit  lies. 

And  long  hath  languished  at  the  j^ool, 
A  word  of  thine  shall  make  it  rise, 
Shall  speak  me  in  a  moment  whole. 

146  C.  M.  (425) 

Surrendering  at  the  cross. 

ALAS!  and  did  my  Saviour  bleed? 
And  did  my  Sovereign  die? 
Would  he  devote  that  sacred  head 
For  such  a  worm  as  I  ? 

2  Was  it  for  crimes  that  I  had  done 
He  groaned  upon  the  tree? 

Amazing  pity  !  grace  unknown ! 
And  love  beyond  degree ! 

3  Well  might  the  sun  in  darkness  hide. 
And  shut  his  glories  in. 

When  Christ,  the  mighty  Maker,  died 
For  man,  tlie  creature's,  sin! 

4  Thus  might  I  hide  my  blushing  face, 
Wliile  his  dear  cross  appears; 

Dissolve  my  heart  in  thankfulness. 
And  melt  mine  eyes  to  tears. 

5  But  drops  of  grief  can  ne'er  repay 
The  debt  of  love  I  owe: 

Here,  Lord,  I  give  myself  away, 
'Tis  all  that  I  can  do. 


94  PENITENTIAL    EXERCISES. 

147  C.  M.  (427) 
The  effort. 

APPROACH,  ray  soul,  the  mercy-seat, 
Wliero  Jesus  answers  prayer ; 
There  humbly  fall  before  his  feet, 
For  none  can  perish  thei-e. 

2  Thy  promise  is  my  only  plea, 
With  this  I  venture  nigli : 

Thou  call'st  the  burdened  soul  to  thee, 
And  such,  O  Lord,  am  I. 

3  Bowed  down  beneath  a  load  of  sin, 
By  Satan  sorely  pressed. 

By  wars  without,  and  fears  within, 
I  come  to  thee  for  rest. 

4  Be  thou  my  shield  and  hiding-place. 
That,  sheltered  near  thy  side, 

1  may  my  fierce  accuser  face, 
And  tell  him  thou  hast  died. 

5  O  wondrous  love,  to  bleed  and  die. 
To  bear  the  cross  and  shame. 

That  guilty  sinners,  such  as  I, 
Might  plead  his  gracious  name! 

6  "  Poor  tempest-tossed  soul,  be  still, 
My  promised  grace  receive:" 

'T  is  Jesus  speaks — I  must,  I  will, 
I  can,  I  do  believe. 

148  L.  M.  (423) 
"I  am  the  iray." 

JESUS,  my  all,  to  heaven  is  gone. 
He  whom  I  fix  my  hopes  upon; 
His  track  I  see,  and  I  '11  pursue 
The  narrow  way,  till  him  I  view. 

2  The  way  the  holy  prophets  went, 

»  The  road  that  leads  from  banishment, 


PENITENTIAL    EXERCISES.  95 

The  King's  liighway  of  holiness, 
I'll  go,  for  all  his  paths  are  peace. 

3  This  is  the  way  I  long  have  sought, 
And  mourned  because  1  found  it  not: 
My  grief  a  burden  long  has  been, 
Because  I  was  not  saved  from  sin. 

4  The  more  I  strove  against  its  power, 
I  felt  its  weight  and  guilt  the  more; 
Till  late  I  heard  ray  Saviour  say, 
"Come  hither,  soul,  I  AM  the  way." 

5  Lo !  glad  I  come,  and  thou,  blest  Lamb 
Shalt  take  me  to  thee  as  I  am ; 
Nothing  but  sin  have  I  to  give, 
Nothing  but  love  shall  I  receive. 

6  Then  will  I  tell  to  sinners  round 
What  a  dear  Saviour  I  have  found ; 
I'll  point  to  thy  redeeming  blood, 
And  say,  "Behold  the  way  to  God!" 

149  8,8,6.  (436) 

Panting  for  the  love  of  Oocl. 
LOVE  divine,  hoAv  sweet  thou  art! 
When  shall  1  hnd  my  willing  heart 
All  taken  up  by  thee? 

1  thirst,  I  faint,  I  die  to  prove 
The  greatness  of  redeeming  love, 

The  love  of  Christ  to  me. 

2  Stronger  his  love  than  death  or  hell ; 
Its  riches  are  unsearchable: 

The  first-born  sons  of  light 
Desire  in  vain  its  depths  to  see ; 
They  cannot  reach  the  mystery, 

The  length,  the  breadth,  and  height. 

3  God  only  knows  the  love  of  God: 
O  that  it  now  were  shed  abroad 

In  this  poor  stony  heart! 


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96  PENITENTIAL    EXERCISES. 

For  love  I  sigh,  for  love  I  pine : 
This  only  portion,  Lord,  be  mine ! 
Be  mine  this  better  part! 

4  O  that  I  could  forever  sit 
Vrith  Mary  at  the  Master's  feet! 

Be  tills  my  happy  choice: 
ISIy  only  care,  delight,  and  bliss, 
My  joy,  my  heaven  on  earth,  be  this. 

To  hear  the  Bridegroom's  voice ! 

150  8,8,8,8,8,8.  (441) 

WresUing  Jacob. 

COME,  O  thou  Traveler  unknown, 
Whom  still  I  hold,  but  cannot  see ; 
My  company  before  is  gone, 

And  I  am  left  alone  with  thee : 
Witli  thee  all  night  T  mean  to  stay. 
And  wrestle  till  the  break  of  day. 

2  I  need  not  tell  thee  who  I  am ; 
My  sin  and  misery  declare : 

Thyself  hast  called  me  by  my  name. 

Look  on  thy  liands  and  read  it  there; 
But  Avho,  1  ask  thee,  who  art  thou  ? 
Tell  me  thy  name,  and  tell  me  now. 

3  In  vain  thou  strugglest  to  get  free ; 
I  never  will  unloose  my  hold ! 

Art  thou  the  Man  that  died  for  me? 

The  secret  of  thy  love  unfold: 
Wrestling,  I  will  not  let  thee  go. 
Till  I  tliy  name,  thy  nature  know. 

4  Wilt  thou  not  yet  to  me  reveal 
Tby  new,  unutterable  name? 

Tell  me,  I  still  beseech  tliee,  tell; 
To  know  it  now,  resolved  I  am : 
Wrestling,  I  will  not  let  thee  go, 
Till  1  thy  name,  thy  nature  know. 


PENITENTIAL   EXERCISES.  97 

151  8,8,8,8,8,8.  (442) 

Concluded. 

YIELD  to  me  now,  for  I  am  weak. 
But  confident  in  self-despair: 
Speak  to  my  heart,  in  blessings  speak ; 
Be  conquei'cd  by  my  instant  prayer : 
Speak,  or  thou  never  hence  shalt  move, 
And  tell  me  if  thy  name  is  Love. 

2  'Tis  Love!  'Tis  Love!  thou  diedst  for  me; 
I  hear  thy  whisper  in  my  heart: 

The  morning  breaks,  tlie  shadows  flee; 

Pure,  universal  love  thou  art: 
To  me,  to  all,  thy  bowels  move, 
Thy  nature  and  thy  name  is  Love. 

3  I  know  thee.  Saviour,  who  thou  art, 
Jesus,  the  feeble  sinner's  Friend; 

Nor  wilt  thou  with  the  night  depart. 

But  stay  and  love  me  to  the  end : 
Thy  mercies  never  shall  remove: 
Thy  nature  and  thy  name  is  Love. 

4  Lame  as  I  am,  I  take  the  prey ; 

Hell,  earth,  and  sin,  with  case  o'ercome; 
I  leap  for  joy,  pursue  my  way. 

And,  as  a  bounding  hart,  fly  home; 
Through  all  eternity  to  prove 
Thy  nature  and  thy  name  is  Love. 


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153  7s.  (453] 

The  bacJcslider' s  plea. 

|EPTII  of  mercy!  can  there  be 

Mercy  still  reserved  for  me  ? 

Can  my  God  his  wrath  forbear  ? 

Me,  the  chief  of  sinners,  spare  ? 

2  I  have  long  withstood  his  grace, 
Long  provoked  him  to  liis  face ; 
4 


98  PENITENTIAL   EXEKCISES.  , 

Would  not  hearken  to  his  calls ; 
Grieved  him  by  a  thousand  falls. 

3  Lo !  I  cumber  still  the  ground : 
Lo!  an  Advocate  is  found! 
"Hasten  not  to  cut  him  flown: 
Let  this  barren  soul  alone." 

4  Jesus  speaks,  and  pleads  his  blood: 
He  disarms  the  wrath  of  God ! 

Now  my  Father's  bowels  move; 
Justice  lingers  into  love. 

5  Kindled  his  relentings  are; 
Me  he  nov/  delights  to  spare; 
Cries,  "How  shall  I  give  thee  up?" 
Lets  tlie  lifted  thunder  drop. 

6  There  for  me  the  Saviour  stands ; 
Shows  his  wounds  and  spreads  his  hards: 
God  is  love!  I  know,  I  feel; 

Jesus  weeps  and  loves  me  still. 

153  8,8,8,6.  (104  Z.) 

The  venture. 

JUST  as  I  am — without  one  plea, 
But  that  thy  blood  was  shed  for  me, 
And  that  thou  bidst  me  come  to  thee — 
O  Lamb  of  God,  I  come! 

2  Just  as  T  am — and  waiting  not 
To  rid  my  soul  of  one  dark  blot. 

To  thee,  whose  blood  can  cleanse  each  spot, 
O  Lamb  of  God,  I  come ! 

3  Just  as  I  am — though  tossed  about 
With  many  a  conflict,  many  a  doubt, 
Witli  fears  within  and  wars  without— 

O  Lamb  of  God,  I  come ! 


JUSTIFICATION.  99 

4  Just  as  T  am — poor,  wretched,  blind: 
Sight,  riches,  healing  of  the  mind, 
Yea,  all  I  need,  in  thee  to  find, 

O  Lamb  of  God,  I  come ! 

5  Just  as  I  am — thy  love  unknown 
Has  broken  every  barrier  down : 
Now  to  be  thine,  yea,  thine  alone, 

O  Lamb  of  God,  I  come ! 


SECTION  VII. 

Christian  Experience. 

1.  JUSTIFICATION  AND  THE  NEW  BIRTH, 

154:  C.  M.  (456) 

Opening  worship. 

OFOE  a  thousand  tongues  to  sing 
My  great  Redeemei-'s  praise! 
The  glories  of  my  God  and  King, 
The  triumphs  of  his  grace ! 

2  My  gracious  Master  and  my  God, 
Assist  me  to  proclaim. 

To  spread  through  all  the  earth  abroad 
The  honors  of  thy  Name. 

3  Jesus!  the  Name  that  charms  our  fears, 
That  bids  our  sorrows  cease ; 

'Tis  nuisic  in  tiie  sinner's  ears, 
'T  is  life,  and  health,  and  peace. 

4  He  breaks  the  power  of  canceled  sin, 
He  sets  the  prisoner  free: 

His  blood  can  make  tlie  foulest  clean; 
His  blood  availed  for  me. 

5  He  speaks — and,  listening  to  his  voice, 
New  life  the  dead  receive ; 


100  CHRISTIAN   EXPERIENCE. 

Tlie  mournful,  broken  hearts  rejoice;  ^ 
The  humble  poor  believe. 

6  Hear  him,  ye  deaf;  his  praise,  ye  dumb, 
Your  loosened  tongues  employ ; 

Ye  blind,  behold  your  Saviour  come, 
And  leap,  ye  lame,  for  joy. 

155  C.  M.  (476) 
^^  The  fruit  of  the  Spirit  is — joy" 

JOY  is  a  fruit  that  will  not  grow 
In  nature's  barren  soil: 
All  we  can  boast,  till  Christ  we  know. 
Is  vanity  and  toil. 

2  But  where  the  Lord  has  planted  grace, 
And  made  his  glories  known. 

There  fruits  of  heavenly  joy  and  peace 
Are  found — and  there  alone. 

3  A  bleeding  Saviour  seen  by  faith, 
A  sense  of  pardoning  love, 

A  hope  that  triumphs  over  death. 
Give  joys  like  those  above. 

4  To  take  a  glimpse  within  the  vail, 
To  know  that  God  is  mine, 

Are  springs  of  joy  that  never  fail, 
Unspeakable,  divine! 

5  These  are  the  joys  which  satisfy, 
And  sanctify,  the  mind ; 

Which  make  the  spirit  mount  on  high, 
And  leave  the  world  behind. 

156  6,6,6,0,8,8.  (469) 
Whereby  we  cry,  Abba,  Father  J' 

EISE,  my  soul,  arise, 
Shake  otf  thy  guilty  fears, 
The  bleeding  Sacrifice 
In  my  behalf  appears : 


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JUSTIFICATION.  101 

Before  the  throne  mv  Surety  stands, 
My  name  is  written  on  his  hands. 

2  He  ever  lives  above, 
For  me  to  intercede ; 

His  all-redeeming  love, 

His  precious  blood,  to  plead : 
His  blood  atoned  for  all  our  race, 
And  sprinkles  now  the  throne  of  grace. 

3  Five  bleeding  wounds  he  bears, 
Received  on  Calvary: 

They  pour  effectual  prayers, 
They  strongly  speak  for  me : 
"Forgive  him,  O  forgive,"  they  cry, 
"Nor  let  that  ransomed  sinner  die !" 

4  The  Father  hears  him  pray, 
His  vdear  Anointed  One: 

He  cannot  turn  away 

The  presence  of  his  Son: 
His  Spirit  answers  to  the  blood, 
And  tells  me  I  am  born  of  God. 

5  My  God  is  reconciled, 

His  pardoning  voice  I  hear: 
He  owns  me  for  his  child, 
I  can  no  longer  fear: 
With  confidence  I  now  draw  nigli. 
And  Father,  Abba,  Father,  cry. 

157  6,6,6,6,8,8.  (177) 

The  Saviour's  praise. 

IET  earth  and  heaven  agree, 
J  Angels  and  men  be  joined, 
To  celebrate  with  me 

Tlie  Saviour  of  mankind; 
T'  adore  the  all-atoning  Lamb, 
And  bless  the  sound  of  Jesus'  nMtie. 


102  CHRISTIAN    EXPEDIENCE. 

2  Stung  by  tlie  scorpion,  sin, 
My  poor  expiring  soul 

The  balmy  sound  drinks  in, 
And  is  at  once  made  whole: 
See  there  my  Lord  upon  the  treel 
I  hear,  I  feel  he  died  for  me. 

3  O  unexampled  love ! 

O  all-redeeming  grace ! 
How  swiftly  didst  thou  move 

To  save  a  fallen  race! 
What  shall  I  do  to  make  it  known 
What  thou  for  all  mankind  hast  done  ? 

4  O  for  a  trumpet  voice, 
On  all  the  Avorld  to  call ! 

To  bid  their  hearts  rejoice 
In  him  who  died  for  all ! 
For  all  my  Lord  was  crucified ; 
For  all,  for  all  my  Saviour  died. 

158  L.  M.  (480) 

Proverbs  iii.  13-18. 

HAPPY  the  man  that  finds  the  grace, 
The  blessing  of  God's  cliosen  race. 
The  wisdom  coming  from  above, 
The  faith  that  sweetly  works  by  love. 

2  Happy  beyond  description,  he 

Who  knows  "the  Saviour  died  for  me!  " 

The  gift  unspeakable  obtains. 

And  heavenly  understanding  gains. 

3  Wisdom  divine!  who  tells  the  price 
Of  wisdom's  costly  merchandise? 
Wisdom  to  silver  we  prefer, 

And  gold  is  dross  compared  to  her. 

4  Her  hands  are  filled  with  length  of  days, 
True  riches  and  immortal  praise — 


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JUSTIFICATION.  103 

Riches  of  Christ  on  all  bestowed, 
And  honor  that  descends  from  God. 

5  To  purest  joys  she  all  invites, 
Cliaste,  holy,  spiritual  delights: 
Her  v;ays  are  ways  of  pleasantness, 
And  all  her  flowery  paths  are  peace. 

()  Happy  the  man  who  wisdom  gains; 
Thrice  happy  who  his  guest  retains: 
He  owns,  and  shall  forever  own, 
*    Wisdom,  and  Christ,  and  heaven,  are  one. 

159  C.  M.  (481) 

God  the  source  of  joy. 

Y  God,  the  spring  of  all  my  jovs, 
iU  The  life  of  my  delights, 
The  glory  of  my  brightest  days. 
And  comfort  of  my  nights  ! 

2  In  darkest  shades  if  thou  appear, 
My  dawning  is  begun ; 

Thou  art  my  soul's  bright  morning  .-tiir, 
And  thou  my  rising  sun. 

3  The  opening  heavens  ai-onnd  me  shiiie 
Witli  beams  of  sacred  bliss, 

If  Jesus  show  his  mercy  mine, 
And  whisper  I  am  his. 

4  My  soul  would  leave  this  heavy  cl-iy, 
xVt  that  transporting  word, 

Ilun  up  with  joy  tlie  siiining  way, 
To  see  and  praise  my  Lord. 

5  Fearless  of  hell  and  ghastly  death, 
I'd  break  throngli  every  foe; 

The  wings  of  love  and  arms  of  faith 
Would  bear  me  conquercn-  through. 


104  CHRISTIAN    EXPERIENCE. 

160  L.  M.  (458) 
Opening  worship. 

JESUS,  thou  everlasting  King, 
Accept  the  tribute  wliich  we  bring: 
Accept  thy  well-deserved  renown, 
And  wear  our  praises  as  thy  crown. 

2  Let  every  act  of  worship  be 
Like  our  espousals,  Lord,  to  thee — 
Like  the  blest  hour,  when  from  above 
We  first  received  the  pledge  of  love.  i 

3  The  gladness  of  that  happy  day, 
O  may  it  ever,  ever  stay ! 

Nor  let  our  faith  forsake  its  hold, 
Nor  hope  decline,  nor  love  grow  cold ! 

4  Each  following  minute,  as  it  flies. 
Increase  thy  praise,  improve  our  joys, 
Till  Ave  are  raised  to  sing  thy  name 
At  the  great  supper  of  the  Lamb. 

161  L.  M.  (460) 

[From  the  German  of  Zinzendorf.] 
Receiving  the  atonement. 

JESUS,  thy  blood  and  righteousness 
My  beauty  are,  my  glorious  dress : 
Midst  flaming  Vt^orlds,  in  these  arrayed, 
With  joy  shall  I  lift  up  my  head. 

2  Bold  shall  I  stand  in  thy  great  day. 
For  who  aught  to  my  charge  shall  lay? 
Fully  absolved  through  these  I  am, 
From  sin  and  fear,  from  guilt  and  shame. 

3  The  holy,  meek,  unspotted  Lamb, 
Who  from  the  Father's  bosom  came. 
Who  died  for  me,  e'en  me  t'  atone. 
Now  for  my  Lord  and  God  I  own. 

4  Lord,  I  believe  thy  precious  blood, 
Which,  at  the  mercy-seat  of  God, 


JUSTIFICATION.  105 

Forever  doth  for  sinners  plead, 
For  me,  e'en  for  my  soul,  was  shed, 
o  Lord,  I  believe  were  sinners  more 
Than  sands  upon  the  ocean  shore. 
Thou  hast  for  ALL  a  ransom  paid, 
For  ALL  a  full  atonement  made. 

162  L.  M.  j461) 

The  work  of  faith. 

AUTHOE  of  faith,  eternal  Word, 
Yvliose  Spirit  breathes  the  active  flame,  ' 
Faith,  like  its  Finisher  and  Lord, 
To-day,  as  yesterday,  the  same : 

2  To. thee  our  humble  hearts  aspire. 
And  ask  the  gift  unspeakable: 

Li crease  in  us-  the  kindled  fire, 
In  us  the. work  of  faith  fulfill. 

3  To  him  that  in  thy  name  believes, 
Eternal  life  with  thee  is  given: 

Into  himself  he  all  receives — 

Pardon,  and  holiness,  and  heaven. 

4  Faith  lends  its  realizing  light. 

The  clouds  disperse,  the  shadows  fly, 
Th'  Invisible  appears  in  siglit. 
And  God  is  seen  by  mortal  eye. 

163  S.  M.  (466) 
Witness  of  adoption. 

OW  can  a  sinner  know 
His  sins  on  earth  forgiven? 
How  can  my  gracious  Saviour  show 

My  name  inscribed  in  heaven ! 
2  What  we  have  felt  and  seen, 

AVith  confidence  Ave  tell ; 
And  publisli  to  the  sons  of  men 
The  signs  infallible. 


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106  CHRISTIAN    EXPEKIENCE. 

3  We  who  in  Christ  believe 
That  he  for  us  hath  died, 

We  all  his  unknown  peace  receive, 
And  feel  his  blood  applied. 

4  Exults  our  rising  soul, 
Disburdened  of  her  load, 

And  swells  unutterably  full 
Of  glory  and  of  God. 

164  S.  M.  (465) 
Adoption. 

BErlOLD  !  what  wondrous  gimee 
The  Fatlier  hath  bestowed 
On  sinners  of  a  mortal  race — ■ 
To  call  them  sons  of  God ! 

2  iSTor  does  it  yet  appear 
How  great  we  must  be  made ; 

But  when  we  see  our  Saviour  here, 
We  shall  be  like  our  Head. 

3  A  hope  so  much  divine 
May  trials  well  endure. 

May  purge  our  souls  from  sense  and  sin, 
As  Christ,  the  Lord,  is  pure. 

4  If  in  my  Father's  love 
I  share  a  filial  part, 

Send  down  thy  Spirit,  like  a  dove, 
To  rest  upon  my  heart. 

5  We  would  no  longer  lie 

Like  slaves  beneatJi  tlie  throne, 
My  faitb  shall  Abba,  Father,  cry, 
And  thou  the  kindred  own. 

165  ^  8,7,8,7,4,7.  (471) 
"  Wkoin  not  having  seen,  we  love." 
THOU  God  of  my  salvation, 

My  Eedeemer  from  all  sin. 


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JUSTIFICATION.  107 

Moved  by  thy  divine  compassion, 
Who  hast  died  my  heart  to  win, 

I  will  praise  thee: 
Where  shall  I  thy  praise  begin  ? 

2  Though  unseen,  I  love  the  Saviour: 
He  hath  brought  salvation  near — ■ 

Manifests  his  pardoning  favor, 
And,  when  Jesus  doth  appear, 

Soul  and  body 
Shall  his  glorious  image  bear. 

3  While  the  angel  choirs  are  crying, 
Glory  to  the  great  I  AM ! 

1  with  them  will  still  be  vying, 
Glory!  glory  to  the  Lamb! 

O  how  precious 
Is  the  sound  of  Jesus'  name ! 

4  Angels  now  are  hovering  round  us, 
Unperceived  they  mix  the  throng, 

Wondering  at  the  love  that  crowned  us, 
Glad  to  join  the  holv  song: 
Hallelujah ! 
Love  and  praise  to  Christ  belong ! 

166  7s.  (47-3) 

Love  to  the  Saviour. 
ATlTv,  my  soul,  it  is  the  Lord  ! 
"Tis  thy  Saviour,  hear  his  word! 
Je*;us  speaks,  he  speaks  to  thee: 
"Say,  poor  sinner,  lov'st  thou  me? 

2  "1  delivered  thee  when  bound, 
And,  when  bleeding,  healed  thy  wound  ; 
Sought  tiiee  wandering,  set  thee  right, 
Turned  tliy  darkness  into  light. 

3  "Can  a  mother's  tender  care 
Cease  toward  the  child  she  bare? 
Yes,  she  may  forgetful  be. 
Yet  will  I  remember  thee 


H 


108       ciirasTiAN  experience. 

4  "Mine  is  an  unchanging  love, 
Higher  than  the  heigJits  above, 
Deeper  than  the  depths  beneath, 
Free  and  faitliful,  strong  as  death. 

5  "  Thou  slialt  see  my  glory  soon, 
When  tlie  work  of  faith  is  done ; 
Partner  of  my  throne  shalt  be : 
Say,  poor  sinner,  lov'st  thou  me?" 

6  Lord,  it  is  my  chief  complaint 
That  my  love  is  still  so  faint ; 
Yet  I  love  thee  and  adore: 

O  for  grace  to  love  thee  more ! 

167  L.  M.  (488) 
"Owr  rejoicing  is  this" — 

LOED,  how  secure  and  blest  are  they 
Who  feel  the  joys  of  pardoned  sin! 
Should  storms  of  wrath  shake  earth  and  sea, 
Their  minds  have  heaven  and  peace  within, 

2  The  day  glides  sweetly  o'er  their  heads, 
Made  up  of  innocence  and  love; 

And  soft  and  silent  as  the  shades 
Their  nightly  minutes  gently  move. 

3  Quick  as  their  tlioughts  their  joys  come  on, 
But  fly  not  half  so  fast  away : 

Their  souls  are  ever  bright  as  noon, 
And  calm  as  summer  evenings  be. 

4  How  oft  they  look  to  th'  heavenly  hiHs, 
Wliere  groves  of  living  pleasures  grow! 

And  longing  hopes  and  cheerful  smiles 
Sit  undisturbed  upon  their  brow. 

168  L.  M.  (477) 
[From  the  German.] 

Love  and  joy. 
T  THIKST,  thou  wounded  Lamb  of  God, 
1    To  wash  me  in  thv  cleansing  blood : 


JUSTIFICATION.  109 

To  dwell  within  thy  wounds :  then  pain 
Is  sweet,  and  life  or  death  is  gain. 

2  Take  my  poor  heart,  and  let  it  be 
Forever  closed  to  all  but  thee ! 
Seal  thou  my  breast,  and  let  me  wear 
That  pledge  of  love  forever  there. 

8  How  blest  are  they  who  still  abide 
Close  sheltered  in  thy  bleeding  side ! 
Who  life  and  strength  from  thence  derive, 
And  by  thee  move,  and  in  thee  live. 

4  What  are  our  works  but  sin  and  death, 
Till  thou  thy  quickening  Spirit  breathe? 
Thou  giv'st  the  power  thy  grace  to  move: 
O  wondrous  grace  I  O  boundless  love ! 

169  L.  M.  (478) 

Concluded. 

HOW  can  it  be,  thou  heavenly  King, 
That  thou  shouklst  us  to  glory  bring  ? 
Make  slaves  the  partners  of  thy  throne, 
Decked  with  a  never-fading  crown ! 

2  Hence  our  hearts  melt,  our  eyes  o'erflow. 
Our  words  are  lost,  nor  will  we  knoAV, 
Nor  will  we  think,  of  aught  beside, 

''My  Lord,  my  Love  is  crucilied." 

3  Ah !  Lord,  enlarge  our  scanty  thought, 
To  know  the  wonders  thou  hast  wrought: 
Unloose  our  stammering  tongues  to  tell 
Thy  love  immense,  unsearchable. 

4  First-born  of  many  brethren  thou. 
To  thee,  lo,  all  our  souls  we  bow: 

To  thee  our  hearts  and  hands  we  give; 
Thine  may  we  die,  thine  may  we  live. 


110  CHRISTIAN    EXPERIENCE. 

170  11,9.  (483) 

Ecstasy  of  the  neiv-born  soul. 

HOW  happy  are  they  Who  tlieir  Saviour  obey, 
And  have  hiid  up  their  treasures  above ! 
Tongue  cannot  express  The  sweet  comfort  and 
peace 
Of  a  soul  in  its  earliest  love ! 

2  That  comfort  was  mine,  When  tlie  favor  divine 
I  first  found  in  the  blood  of  the  Lamb : 

When  my  heart  it  believed.  What  a  joy  I  re- 
ceived, 
What  a  heaven  in  Jesus's  name  ! 

3  'T  was  a  heaven  below  My  Redeemer  to  know, 
And  the  angels  could  do  nothing  more 

Than  fall  at  his  feet.  And  the  story  repeat, 
And  the  Lover  of  sinners  adore. 

4  Jesus  all  the  day  long  Was  my  joy  and  my 

song : 
O  that  all  his  salvation  might  see ! 
He  hath  loved  me,  I  cried.  He  hath  suffered 
and  died. 
To  redeem  a  poor  rebel  like  me. 

5  On  the  wings  of  his  love  I  was  carried  above 
All  sin,  and  temptation,  and  pain: 

I  could  not  believe  That  I  ever  should  grieve. 
That  I  ever  should  suffer  again. 

6  O  the  rapturous  heiglit  Of  that  holy  deliglit 
Which  I  felt  in  the  life-giving  blood ! 

Of  my  Saviour  possessed,  I  v.'as  perfectly  blessed, 
As  if  filled  with  the  fullness  of  God. 

171  6,6,4,6,6,6,4.  (103  Z.) 
Self-consecration  at  the  cross. 

Y  faith  looks  up  to  thee, 
Thou  Lamb  of  Calvary, 
Saviour  divine ! 


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JUSTIFICATION.  Ill 

NoAv  hear  me  while  I  pray: 
Take  all  my  guilt  away: 
O  let  me  from  this  day 
Be  wholly  thine. 

2  May  thy  rich  grace  impart 
Streiigtli  to  my  fainting  heart, 

My  zeal  inspire : 
As  thou  hast  died  for  me, 
O  may  my  love  to  thee, 
Pure,  warm,  and  changeless  be — 

A  living  fire. 

3  While  life's  dark  maze  I  tread, 
And  griefs  around  me  spread. 

Be  thou  my  guide: 
Bid  darkness  turn  to  day, 
AVipe  sorrow's  tears  away, 
Nor  let  me  ever  stray 

From  thee  aside ! 

4  When  ends  life's  transient  dream. 
When  death's  cold,  sullen  stream 

Shall  o'er  me  roll — 
Blest  Saviour,  then  in  love 
Fear  and  distrust  remove: 
O  bear  me  safe  above — 

A  ransomed  soul ! 

1 7S  8,7.  (479) 

Sitting  at  the  Cross. 

SWEET  the  moments,  rich  in  blessing. 
Which  before  the  cross  I  spend; 
Life,  and  health,  and  peace  possessing. 

From  the  sinner's  dying  Friend: 
Here  it  is  I  find  my  heaven, 

While  upon  the  Lamb  I  gaze: 
Love  I  much?  I've  much  forgiven — 
I'm  a  miracle  of  grace  I 


112  CHRISTIAN   EXPERIENCE. 

2  Love  and  grief  my  heart  dividing, 

With  my  tears  his  feet  I'll  bathe ; 
Constant  still  in  faith  abiding, 

Life  deriving  from  his  death. 
May  I  still  enjoy  this  feeling. 

In  all  need  to  Jesus  go ; 
Prove  his  wounds  each  day  more  healing, 

And  himself  more  deeply  know. 

2.  ENTIRE  SANCTIFICATION  AND  PERFECT 
LOVE. 

173  C.  M.  (494) 
Perfect  'purification. 

FOEEVEE  here  my  rest  shall  be, 
Close  to  thy  bleeding  side; 
Tills  all  my  hope,  and  all  my  plea. 
For  me  the  Saviour  died. 

2  My  dying  Saviour,  and  my  God, 
Fountain  for  guilt  and  sin. 

Sprinkle  me  ever  with  thy  blood, 
And  cleanse  and  keep  me  clean. 

3  Wash  me,  and  make  me  thus  thine  own ; 
Wash  me,  and  mine  thou  art; 

Wash  me,  but  not  my  feet  alone. 
My  hands,  my  head,  my  heart. 

4  Th'  atonement  of  thy  blood  apply, 
•     Till  faith  to  siglit  improve. 

Till  hope  in  full  fruition  die, . 
And  all  my  soul  be  love. 

174  C.  M.  (497) 

The  rest  of  faith. 

LOED,  I  believe  a  rest  remains, 
To  all  thy  people  known ; 
A  rest  where  pure  enjoyment  reigns, 
And  thou  art  loved  alone : 


ENTIRE   SANCTIFICATiON.  113 

2  A  rest  where  all  our  soul's  desire 
Is  fixed  on  tilings  above; 

Where  fear,  and  sin,  and  grief,  expire, 
Cast  out  by  perfect  love. 

3  O  that  I  now  the  rest  might  know, 
Believe,  and  enter  in! 

Now,  Saviour,  now  the  power  bestow, 
And  let  me  cease  from  sin! 

4  Remove  this  hardness  from  my  heart, 
Tliis  unbelief  remove: 

To  me  the  rest  of  faith  impart. 
The  Sabbath  of  thy  love. 

175  L.  M.  (538) 

Seeking  perfect  rest  in  Christ. 

OTH AT  my  load  of  sin  were  gone ! 
O  that  I  could  at  last  submit 
At  Jesus'  feet  to  lay  it  down ! 
To  lay  my  soul  at  Jesus'  feet ! 

2  Rest  for  my  soul  I  long  to  find : 
Saviour  of  all,  if  mine  thou  art, 

Give  me  thy  meek  and  lowly  mind, 
And  stamp  thine  image  on  my  heart. 

3  Break  off  the  yoke  of  inbred  sin, 
And  fully  set  my  spirit  free :  -^ 

1  cannot  rest  till  pure  within, 
Till  I  am  wholly  lost  in  thee. 

4  Fain  Avould  I  learn  of  thee,  my  God; 
Thy  light  and  easy  burden  prove, 

The  cross,  all  stained  with  hallowed  blood. 
The  labor  of  thy  dying  love. 

5  I  would,  but  thou  must  give  the  power; 
My  heart  from  every  sin  release ; 

Bring  near,  bring  near  the  joyful  hour, 
And  till  me  with  thy  perfect  peace. 


114  CHRISTIAN    EXPERIENCE. 

176  L.  M.  (526) 

[From  the  French.] 
The  act  of  consecration. 

COME,  Saviour,  Jesus,  from  above! 
Assist  me  Avith  thy  heavenly  grace ; 
Empty  my  heart  of  earthly  love, 
And  for  thyself  prepare  the  place. 

2  O  let  thy  sacred  presence  fill. 
And  set  my  longing  spirit  free, 

Which  pants  to  have  no  other  will, 
Eut  day  and  night  to  feast  on  thee. 

8  While  in  this  region  here  below, 
No  other  good  will  I  pursue : 

I'll  bid  this  world  of  noise  and  show, 
W^ith  all  its  glittering  snares,  adieu ! 

4  That  path  with  humble  speed  I  '11  seek, 
In  which  my  Saviour's  footsteps  shine, 

Nor  will  I  hear,  nor  will  I  speak, 
Of  any  other  love  but  thine. 

5  Henceforth  may  no  profane  delight 
Divide  this  consecrated  soul; 

Possess  it,  thou,  who  hast  the  right, 
As  Lord  and  Master  of  the  whole. 

177  CM.  (504) 
.    Longing  to  he  established  in  love. 

COME,  Lord,  and  claim  me  for  thine  own : 
Saviour,  thy  right  assert! 
Come,  gracious  Lord,  set  up  thy  throne, 
And  reign  within  my  heart! 

2  So  shall  I  bless  thy  pleasing  sway, 

And,  sitting  at  tliy  feet, 
Tliy  laws  with  all  my  heart  obey, 

With  all  my  soul  submit. 


ENTIRE   SANCTIFICATIOX.  115 

3  Thy  love  the  conquest  more  than  gains : 
To  all  I  shall  proclaim, 

Jesus,  the  King,  the  Conqueror  reigns, 
Bow  down  to  Jesus'  name. 

4  To  thee  shall  earth  and  hell  submit, 
And  every  foe  shall  fall, 

Till  death  expires  beneath  thy  feet, 
And  God  is  all  in  all. 

178  C.  M.  (528) 

The  act  of  consecration. 

IET  him  to  whom  we  now  belong 
J  His  sovereign  right  assert. 
And  take  up  every  tliankful  song, 
And  every  loving  heart. 

2  He  justly  claims  us  for  his  own. 
Who  bought  us  with  a  price : 

The  Christian  lives  to  Christ  alone. 
To  Christ  alone  he  dies. 

3  Jesus,  thine  own  at  last  receive. 
Fulfill  our  hearts'  desire  ; 

And  let  us  to  thy  glory  live. 
And  in  thy  cause  expire ! 

4  Our  souls  and  bodies  we  resign: 
With  joy  we  render  thee 

Our  all,  no  longer  ours,  but  thine, 
To  all  eternity. 


179  C.  M.  (541) 

Longing  to  be  established  in  love. 

THAT  in  me  the  sacred  fire 
Migbt  now  begin  to  glow! 
Burn  up  tlie  dross  of  base  desire. 
And  make  the  mountains  flow  ! 


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116  CHRISTIAN    EXPERIENCE. 

2  O  that  it  now  from  heaven  might  fall, 
And  all  my  sins  consume ! 

Come,  Holy  Ghost,  for  thee  I  call, 
Spirit  of  burning,  come ! 

3  Eefining  lire,  go  through  my  heart, 
Illuminate  my  soul : 

Scatter  thy  life  through  every  part, 
And  sanctify  the  whole. 

4  No  longer  then  my  heart  shall  mourn, 
AVhile,  purified  by  grace, 

I  only  for  his  glory  burn, 
And  always  see  his  face. 


I 


180  C.  M.  (500) 

The  rapture  of  love. 
KNOW  that  my  Eedeemer  lives. 
And  ever  prays  for  me: 
A  token  of  his  love  he  gives, 
A  pledge  of  liberty. 

2  I  find  him  lifting  up  my  head, 
He  brings  salvation  near : 

His  presence  makes  me  free  indeed. 
And  he  will  soon  appear. 

3  He  wills  that  I  should  holy  be ! 
What  can  withstand  his  will? 

The  counsel  of  his  grace  in  me 
He  surely  shall  fulfill. 

4  Jesus,  I  hang  u])on  thy  word : 
I  steadfastly  believe 

Thou  wilt  return,  and  claim  me.  Lord, 
And  to  thyself  receive. 

181  C.  M.  (5a2) 
Hejoicing  in  hope. 

JOYFUL  sound  of  gospel  grace ! 
Christ  shall  in  me  appear: 


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EXTIRE   SANCTIFICATION.  117 

I,  even  I,  sliall  see  his  fiice ; 
p  I  shall  be  holy  here. 

P      2  The  promised  land  from  Pisgah's  top 
I  now  exult  to  see : 
:^Iy  hope  is  full  (O  glorious  hope!) 
Of  immortality. 

3  With  me,  I  know,  I  feel,  thou  art; 
H         ^  But  this  cannot  suffice, 

f      Unless  thou  plantest  in  my  heart 
A  constant  paradise. 

4  Come,  O  my  God,  thyself  reveal, 
Fill  all  this  mighty  void : 

Thou  only  canst  my  spirit  fill  : 
Come,  O  my  God,  my  God ! 

182  C.  M.  (533) 

Praying  for  a  holy  heart. 

OFOE  a  heart  to  praise  my  God, 
A  heart  from  sin  set  free ! 
A  heart  that  always  feels  thy  blood 
So  freely  spilt  for  me ! 

2  A  heart  resigned,  submissive,  meek, 
My  great  Redeemer's  throne, 

Where  only  Christ  is  heard  to  speak. 
Where  Jesus  reigns  alone. 

3  O  for  a  lowly,  contrite  heart, 
Believing,  true,  and  clean ! 

Which  neither  life  nor  death  can  part 
From  him  that  dwells  within: 

4  A  heart  in  every  thought  renewed, 
And  full  of  love  divine; 

Perfect,  and  right,  and  pure,  and  good— 
A  copy,  Lord,  of  thine. 


118  CHRISTIAN   EXPERIENCE. 

183  S.  M.  (531) 

The  act  of  consecration, 

LORD,  in  the  strength  of  grace, 
^Vitll  a  glad  heart  and  free, 
Myself,  my  residue  of  days, 
I  consecrate  to  thee. 

2  Thy  ransomed  servant,  I 
Restore  to  thee  thine  own ; 

And,  from  this  moment,  live  or  die. 
To  serve  my  God  alone. 

184  B.  M.  (493] 

The  new  creation. 

THE  thing  ray  God  doth  hate, 
1    That  I  no  more  may  do, 
Thy  creature.  Lord,  again  create, 

And  all  my  soul  renew: 
My  soul  shall  then,  like  thine. 

Abhor  the  thing  unclean. 
And,  sanctified  by  love  divine. 

Forever  cease  from  sin. 

2  That  blessed  law  of  thine, 

Jesus,  to  me  impart, 
The  Spirit's  law  of  life  divine, 

O  Avrite  it  in  my  heart! 
Implant  it  deep  within, 

AVhence  it  may  ne'er  remove, 
The  law  of  liberty  from  sin, 

The  perfect  law  of  love. 

185  C.  M.  (540; 

Longing  to  he  established  in  love. 

Y  God!  I  know,  I  feel  thee  mine, 
And  will  not  quit  my  claim. 


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ENTIilE   SANCTIFICATION.  119 

Till  all  I  liave  is  lost  in  thine, 
And  all  renewed  I  am. 

2  I  hold  thee  with  a  trembling  hand, 
But  will  not  let  thee  go, 

Till  steadfastly  by  faith  I  stand, 
t  And  all  thy  goodness  know. 

3  When  shall  T  see  the  welcome  hour, 
That  idants  my  God  in  me! 

Spirit  of  health,  and  life,  and  power, 
And  perfect  liberty ! 

4  Jesus,  thine  all-victorious  love 
Shed  in  my  heart  abroad ; 

Then  shall  my  feet  no  longer  rove, 
Kooted  and  fixed  in  God. 

186      .  S.  M.  (546) 

Waiting  at  the  Cross. 

Ij^ATIIER,  I  dare  believe 
Thee  merciful  and  true: 
Thou  wilt  my  guilty  soul  forgive. 
My  fallen  soul  renew. 

2  Come,  then,  for  Jesus'  sake, 
And  bid  my  heart  be  clean: 

An  end  of  all  my  troubles  make, 
An  end  of  all  my  sin. 

3  I  cannot  wash  ray  heart, 
But  by  believing  thee. 

And  waiting  for  thy  blood  t'  impart 
The  spotless  purity. 

4  While  at  thy  cross  I  lie, 
Jesus,  thy  grace  bestow ; 

Now  thy  all-cleansing  blood  apply, 
And  I  am  white  as  snow. 


120  CHRISTIAN   EXPERIENCE. 


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187  7,7,7,7,7,7.  (530) 

TliG  act  of  consecration. 
ATHER,  Son,  and  Holy  Ghost, 
One  in  Three,  and  Three  in  One, 
As  by  the  celestial  host, 

Let  thy  will  on  earth  be  done : 
Praise  by  all  to  thee  be  given. 
Glorious  Lord  of  earth  and  heaven! 

2  If  so  poor  a  worm  as  I 
May  to  thy  great  glory  live, 

All  my  actions  sanctify. 

All  my  words  and  thoughts  receive: 
Claim  me  for  thy  service,  claim 
All  I  have  and  all  I  am. 

3  Take  my  soul  and  body's  powers; 
Take  my  memory,  mind,  and  will ; 

All  my  goods,  and  all  my  hours ; 

All  I  know,  and  all  I  feel; 
All  I  think,  or  speak,  or  do : 
Take  my  heart ;  but  make  it  new ! 


W^ 


188  7s.  (545j 

Humble  aspiration. 
TIEN,  my  Saviour,  shall  I  be 
Perfectly  resigned  to  thee? 
Poor  and  vile  in  my  own  eyes. 
Only  in  thy  wisdom  wise  ? 

2  Only  thee  content  to  knoAV, 
Ignorant  of  all  below ; 
Only  guided  by  thy  light; 
Only  mighty  in  thy  might? 

3  So  I  may  thy  Spirit  know, 
Let  him  as  he  listeth  blow: 
Let  the  manner  be  unknown, 
So  I  may  with  thee  be  one. 


DUTIES   AND   TRIALS.  121 

4  Fully  in  my  life  express 
All  the  heiglits  of  lioliness: 
Sweetly  let  my  spirit  prove 
All  the  depths  of  humble  love. 


V 


189  7s.  (502) 

Christ  liveth  in  me" 
OVING  Jesus,  gentle  Lamb, 
In  thy  gracious  hands  I  am : 
Make  me,  Saviour,  what  thou  art, 
Live  thyself  within  my  heart. 

2  I  shall  then  show  forth  thy  praise, 
Serve  thee  all  my  happy  days; 
Then  the  world  sliall  always  see 
Christ,  the  holy  Child,  in  me. 

3.  DUTIES  AND  TRIALS. 

190  6,6,8,4.  (552) 
The  God  of  Abraham. 

THE  God  of  Abrah'm  praise, 
Who  reigns  enthroned  above, 
Ancient  of  everlasting  days, 
And  God  of  love : 
Jehovah,  great  I  AM ! 
By  eartli  and  heaven  confessed ; 
I  boAv  and  bless  the  sacred  Name, 
Forever  blessed. 

2  The  God  of  Abrah'm  praise. 
At  wliose  supreme  command. 
From  earth  I  rise,  and  seek  the  joys 
At  his  right-hand : 
I  all  on  earth  forsake, 
Its  wisdom,  fame,  and  power; 
And  him  my  only  portion  make, 
My  shield  and  tower. 


122  CHRISTIAN   EXPERIENCE. 

3  The  God  of  Abrah'm  praise, 
AVhose  all-sufficient  grace 

Shall  guide  me  all  my  happy  days 
In  all  my  ways: 
He  calls  a  worm  his  friend ! 
He  calls  himself  my  God ! 
And  he  shall  save  me  to  the  end, 
Through  Jesus'  blood ! 

4  He  by  himself  hath  sworn ; 
I  on  his  oath  depend  ; 

1  shall,  on  eagles'  wings  upborne, 

To  heaven  ascend: 
I  shall  behold  his  face, 
I  shall  his  power  adore, 
And  sing  the  wonders  of  his  grace 

Foreverm.ore. 

191  7,6,7,6,7,7,7,6.  (553) 

The  pilgrimage, 

I)TSE,  my  soul,  and  stretch  thy  wings, 
\}  Thy  better  portion  trace  ; 
Bise  from  transitory  things, 

Toward  heaven,  thy  native  place: 
Sun  and  moon  and  stars  decay ; 

Time  shall  soon  this  earth  remove: 
Eise,  my  soul,  and  haste  away 
To  seats  prepared  above. 

2  Kivers  to  the  ocean  run, 
Nor  stay  in  all  their  course; 

Fire  ascending  seeks  the  sun — 
Both  speed  them  to  their  source : 

So  a  soul  that 's  born  of  God 
Pants  to  view  liis  glorious  face. 

Upward  tends  to  his  abode, 
To  rest  in  his  embrace. 


DUTIES    AND    TRIALS.  123 

3  Cease,  ye  pilgrims,  cease  to  mourn; 

Press  onward  to  tlie  prize; 
Soon  our  Saviour  ■will  return, 

Triumphant  in  the  skies. 
Yet  a  season,  and  you  know 

Happy  entrance  will  be  given; 
All  our  sorrows  left  below. 

And  earth  exchanged  for  heaven. 

192  7,6,7,6,7,8,7,6.  (575) 

Only  Jesus. 

VAIN,  delusive  world,  adieu, 
With  all  of  creature-good ! 
Only  Jesus  I  pursue, 

Wlio  bought  me  Avitli  his  blood ! 
All  thy  pleasures  I  forego, 

I  trample  on  thy  wealth  and  pride: 
Only  Jesus  will  I  know. 
And  Jesus  crucified. 

2  Other  knowledge  I  disdain, 
'Tis  all  but  vanity; 

Christ,  the  Lamb  of  God,  was  slain, 

He  tasted  death  for  me! 
Me  to  save  from  endless  woe 

The  sin-atoning  Victim  died! 
Only  .Jesus  will  I  know. 

And  Jesus  crucified! 

3  O  tliat  I  could  all  invite 
This  saving  truth  to  prove. 

Show  the  length,  the  breadth,  the  height, 

And  depth,  of  Jesus'  love! 
Fain  I  would  to  sinners  show 

The  blood  by  faith  alone  applied  I 
Only  Jesus  v.-ill  I  know, 

And  Jesus  crucified! 


124  CHRISTIAN    EXPERIENCE. 


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193  C.  M.  (562) 

Psalm  Ixxi.  15. 
Y  Saviour,  my  alruiglity  Friend, 
When  I  begin  thy  praise, 
Where  will  the  growing  numbers  end, 
The  numbers  of  thy  grace? 

2  Thou  art  my  everlasting  trust; 
Thy  goodness  I  adore : 

Send  down  thy  grace,  O  blessed  Lord, 
That  I  may  love  thee  more. 

3  My  feet  shall  travel  all  the  length 
Of  the  celestial  road  ; 

And  march  with  courage  in  thy  strength, 
To  see  the  Lord  my  God. 

4  Awake !  awake !  my  tuneful  powers : 
With  this  delightful  song 

1  '11  entertain  the  darkest  hours, 

Kor  think  the  season  long. 

i94r  C.  M.  (564; 

WalJdng  with  God. 

TALK  with  us,  Lord,  thyself  reveal. 
While  here  o'er  earth  we  rove; 
Speak  to  our  hearts,  and  let  us  feel 
The  kindlings  of  thy  love. 

2  With  thee  conversing,  we  forget 
All  time,  and  toil,  and  care: 

Labor  is  rest,  and  pain  is  sweet, 
If  thou,  my  God,  art  here. 

3  Here  then,  my  God,  vouchsafe  to  stay, 
And  bid  my  heart  rejoice ; 

My  bounding  heart  shall  own  thy  sway, 
And  echo  to  thy  voice. 

4  Thou  callest  me  to  seek  thy  face ; 
'Tis  all  I  wish  to  seek: 


M- 


DUTIES   AND   TRIALS.  125 

T'  attend  the  Avhispers  of  thy  grace 
And  Iiear  thee  inly  sjjeak. 

5  Let  this  my  every  hour  employ, 

Till  I  thy  glory  see, 
Enter  into  my  Master's  joy, 

And  find  my  heaven  in  thee ! 

^  95        •  C.  M.  (569) 

Sluggishness  lamented. 
Y  drowsy  powers,  why  sleep  ye  so? 
Awake,  my  sluggish  soul ! 
^Xothmg  hath  half  thy  work  to  do. 
Yet  nothing's  half  so  dull. 

2  Go  to  the  ants;  for  one  poor  grain 
^  See  how  they  toil  and  strive ! 

Yet  we,  who  have  a  heaven  t'  obtain 
How  negligent  we  live !  ' 

3  Lord,  shall  we  live  so  sluggish  still, 
And  never  act  our  parts  ? 

Come  Holy  Dove,  from  th'  heavenly  hill 
And  warm  our  frozen  hearts. 

4  Give  us  with  active  warmth  to  move 
With  vigorous  souls  to  rise,  ' 

With  hands  of  faitli  and  wings  of  love 
To  fly  and  take  the  prize. 

196  S.  M.  (576) 

Depending  on  Christ. 

JESUS,  my  truth,  my  way, 
My  sure,  unerring  light. 
On  thee  my  feeble  steps  I  stay, 

Which  thou  wilt  guide  aright. 
2  My  wisdom  and  my  guide, 
My  counselor  thou  art: 


126  CHRISTIAN    EXPERIENCE. 

O  never  let  me  leave  thy  side, 
Or  from  thy  paths  deiJart! 

3  I  lift  mine  eyes  to  thee, 
Tliou  gracious,  bleeding  Lamb, 

That  I  may  now  enlightened  be. 
And  never  put  to  shame. 

4  Never  will  I  remove 

Out  of  thy  hands  my  cause; 
But  rest  in  thy  redeeming  love, 
And  hang  upon  thy  cross. 

197  S.  M.  (586] 
Watchfulness. 

GRACIOUS  Redeemer,  shake 
This  slumber  from  my  soul ! 
Say  to  me  now,  "Awake,  awake! 
And  Christ  shall  make  thee  whole." 

2  For  each  assault  prepared 
And  ready  may  I  be ; 

Forever  standing  on  my  guard. 
And  looking  up  to  thee. 

3  O  do  thou  always  Avarn 
My  soul  of  evil  near ! 

When  to  the  riglit  or  left  I  turn, 
Thy  voice  still  let  me  hear : 

4  "  Come  back  !  this  is  the  way ! 
Come  back!  and  Avalk  herein!" 

O  may  I  hearken  and  obey, 
And  shun  the  paths  of  sin  1 

198  S.  M.  (587. 
Concluded. 

THOU  seest  my  feebleness: 
Jesus,  be  thou  my  power, 


DUTIES   AND   TllIALS.  127 

My  help  and  refuge  in  distress, 
My  fortress  and  my  tower. 

2  Give  me  to  trust  in  thee; 
Be  thou  my  sure  ahode: 

My  horn,  and  rock,  and  buckler  he. 
My  Saviour,  and  my  God. 

3  Myself  I  cannot  save. 
Myself  I  cannot  keep ; 

But  strength  in  thee  I  surely  have, 
Whose  eyelids  never  sleep. 

4  My  soul  to  thee  alone, 
Now,  therefore,  I  commend; 

Thou,  Jesus,  love  me  as  thine  own, 
And  love  me  to  the  end ! 


199  C.  M.  (591) 

Opening  luorship. 

NCE  more  we  come  before  our  God ; 
Once  more  his  blessings  ask: 
O  may  not  duty  seem  a  load, 
Nor  worship  prove  a  task ! 


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2  Father,  thy  quickening  Spirit  send 
From  heaven  in  .Jesus'  name. 

To  make  our  waiting  minds  attend, 
And  put  our  souls  in  frame. 

3  May  we  receive  the  word  we  hear. 
Each  in  an  honest  heart ; 

And  keep  the  precious  treasure  there. 
And  never  with  it  part. 

4  To  seek  thee  all  our  hearts  dispose, 
To  eacli  thy  blessings  suit. 

And  let  tlie  seed  thy  servant  sows 
Produce  abundant  fruit. 


128  CHRISTIAN    EXPERIENCE. 

200  7s.  (592) 

Opening  icorship. 

LOED,  we  come  before  thee  now, 
At  thy  feet  y.^e  humbly  bow ; 
O  do  not  our  suit  disdain ! 
Shall  we  seek  thee,  Lord,  in  vain? 

2  Lord,  on  thee  our  souls  depend ; 
In  compassion  now  descend: 

Fill  our  hearts  with  thy  rich  grace, 
Tune  our  lips  to  sing  thy  praise. 

3  In  thine  own  appointed  way, 
Now  we  seek  thee,  here  we  stay : 
Lord,  we  know  not  how  to  go 
Till  a  blessing  thou  bestow, 

4  Send  some  message  from  thy  word. 
That  may  joy  and  peace  afford  ; 

Let  thy  Spirit  now  impart 
Full  salvation  to  each  heart. 

5  Comfort  those  who  weep  and  mourn, 
Let  the  time  of  joy  return ; 

Those  that  are  cast  down  lift  up, 
Make  them  strong  in  faith  and  hope. 

6  Grant  that  all  may  seek  and  find 
Thee  a  gracious  God,  and  kind ; 
Heal  the  sick,  the  captive  free ; 
Let  us  all  rejoice  in  thee. 

201  L.  M.  (597) 
Titus  ii.  10-13. 

SO  let  our  lips  and  lives  express 
The  holy  gospel  we  profess ; 
So  let  our  works  and  virtues  shine, 
To  prove  the  doctrine  all  divine. 

2  Thus  shall  we  best  proclaim  abroad 
The  honoi's  of  our  Saviour  God, 


DUTIES   AND    TRIALS.  129 

When  the  salvation  reigns  within, 
And  grace  subdues  the  power  of  sin. 

3  Our  flesh  and  sense  must  be  denied, 
Passion  and  envy,  lust  and  pride; 

While  justice,  temperance,  truth,  and  love, 
Our  inward  piety  approve. 

4  Religion  bears  our  spirits  up, 
While  we  expect  that  blessed  hope, 
The  bright  appearance  of  the  Lord ; 
And  faith  stands  leaning  on  his  word. 

202  L.  M.  (589) 

Prayer. 

PKAYER  is  appointed  to  convey 
The  blessings  God  designs  to  give : 
Long  as  they  live  should  Christians  pray, 
Tliey  learn  to  pray  when  first  they  live. 

2  If  pain  afflict,  or  wrongs  oppress; 
If  cares  distract,  or  fears  dismay; 

If  guilt  deject;  if  sin  distress; 

In  every  case  still  watch  and  pray. 

3  'T  is  prayer  supports  the  soul  that 's  weak  : 
Though  thought  be  broken,  language  lame. 

Pray  if  thou  canst  or  canst  not  speak. 
But  pray  with  faith  in  Jesus'  name. 

4  Depend  on  him ;  tliou  canst  not  fail ; 
Make  all  thy  wants  and  wishes  known; 

Fear  not;  his  merits  must  prevail; 
Ask  but  in  faith,  it  shall  be  done. 

Q03  L.  M.  (613) 

Not  ashamed  of  Jesus. 

JESUS!  and  sliall  it  ever  be, 
A  mortal  man  ashamed  of  thee? 
Ashamed  of  thee,  whom  angels  praise. 
Whose  glories  shine  through  endless  days? 


130  CHRISTIAN   EXPERIENCE. 

2  Ashamed  of  Jesus  !  sooner  far 
Let  evening  blush  to  own  a  star: 
He  sheds  the  beams  of  light  divine 
O'er  this  benighted  soul  of  mine. 

3  Ashamed  of  Jesus!  just  as  soon 
Let  midnight  be  ashamed  of  noon: 
'T  is  midnight  with  my  soul,  till  he, 
Bright  Morning  Star,  bid  darkness  flee ! 

4  Ashamed  of  Jesus !  that  dear  Friend 
On  whom  my  hopes  of  heaven  depend  ? 
No:  when  I  blush,  be  this  my  shame,  . 
That  I  no  more  revere  his  name. 

204  L-  M.  (605) 

At  charitable  collections. 

WHEN  Jesus  dwelt  in  mortal  clay, 
What  were  his  works  from  day  to  day, 
But  miracles  of  power  and  grace, 
That  sj)read  salvation  through  our  race? 

2  Teach  us,  O  Lord,  to  keep  in  view 
.Thy  pattern,  and  thy  steps  pursue ; 
Let  alms  bestowed,  let  kindness  done, 
Be  witnessed  by  each  rolling  sun. 

3  That  man  may  last,  but  never  lives, 
Who  much  receives,  but  nothing  gives, 
Whom  none  can  love,  whom  none  can  thank, 
Creation's  blot,  creation's  blank. 

4  But  he  who  marks,  from  day  to  day. 
In  generous  acts  his  radiant  way. 
Treads  the  same  path  the  Saviour  trod. 
The  path  to  glory  and  to  God. 

205  L.  M.  (625) 

Doing  all  to  the  glory  of  God. 
THOU,  who  camest  from  above, 
The  pure  celestial  fire  t'  impart, 


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DUTIES   AND    TRIALS.  131 

Kindle  a  flame  of  sacred  love 
On  the  mean  altar  of  ray  heart. 

2  There  let  it  for  thy  glory  burn, 
With  inextinguishable  blaze, 

And  trembling  to  its  source  return, 
In  humble  love  and  fervent  praise. 

3  Jesus,  confirm  my  heart's  desire, 

To  work,  and  speak,  and  think,  for  thee ; 
Still  let  me  guard  the  holy  fire. 
And  still  stir  up  thy  gift  in  me. 

4  Ready  for  all  thy  perfect  will, 
My  acts  of  faith  and  love  repeat, 

Till  death  thy  endless  mercies  seal. 
And  make  the  sacrifice  complete. 

206  8,7,8,7,4,7.  (558) 

The  pilgrimage. 

GUIDE  me,  O  thou  great  Jehovah, 
Pilgrim  through  this  barren  land  ; 

1  am  weak,  but  thou  art  mighty ; 
Hold  me  with  thy  powerful  hand  : 

Bread  of  heaven. 
Feed  me  till  I  want  no  more. 

2  Open,  Lord,  the  crystal  fountain 
Whence  the  healing  waters  flow; 

Let  the  fiery,  cloudy  pillar 

Lead  me  all  my  journey  through : 

Strong  Deliverer ! 
Be  thou  still  my  strength  and  shield. 

3  Wlien  I  tread  the  verge  of  Jordan, 
Bid  my  anxious  fears  subside; 

Death  of  death,  and  hell's  destruction, 
Land  me  safe  on  Canaan's  side: 

Songs  .of  praises 
I  will  ever  give  to  thee. 


132  CHKISTIAN   EXPERIENCE. 

207  S.  M.  (664) 

The  trium])h. 
''J  THE  good  fight  have  fought," 

JL    O  when  shall  I  declare ! 
The  victory  by  my  Saviour  got 
I  long  with  Paul  to  share. 

2  O  may  I  triumph  so, 
When  all  my  warfare's  past; 

And,  dying,  find  my  latest  foe 
Under  my  feet  at  last ! 

3  This  blessed  word  be  mine, 
Just  as  the  port  is  gained, 

"  Kept  by  the  power  of  grace  divine, 
I  have  the  faith  maintained." 

4  Th'  apostles  of  my  Lord, 
To  whom  it  first  was  given, 

They  could  not  speak  a  greater  word, 
Nor  all  the  saints  in  heaven. 

Q08  S.  M.  •      (217  Z.) 

The  conflict. 
"Y  soul,  be  on  thy  guard. 
Ten  thousand  foes  arise: 


M' 


The  hosts  of  sin  are  pressing  hard 
To  draw  thee  from  the  skies. 

2  O  watch,  and  fight,  and  pray, 
The  battle  ne'er  give  o'er: 

Renew  it  boldly  every  day. 
And  help  divine  implore. 

3  Ne'er  think  the  victory  won, 
Nor  lay  thine  armor  down: 

Thy  arduous  work  will  not  be  done 
Till  thou  obtain  the  crown. 

4  Fight  on,  my  soul,  till  death 
Shall  bring  thee  to  thy  God : 

He'll  take  thee,  at  thy  parting  breath, 
Up  to  his  blest  abode. 


DUTIES   AND   TRIALS.  133 

209  S.  M.  (594) 
Luke  xii.  35-37. 

YE  servants  of  the  Lord, 
Each  in  his  office  "wait, 
Observant  of  his  heavenly  word, 
And  watchful  at  his  gate. 

2  Let  all  your  lamps  be  bright, 
And  trim  the  golden  flame ; 

Gird  up  your  loins,  as  in  his  sight, 
For  awful  is  his  name. 

3  Watch,  'tis  your  Lord's  command; 
And  while  we  speak  he's  near: 

Mark  tiie  first  signal  of  his  hand, 
And  ready  all  appear. 

4  O  happy  servant  he 

In  such  a  posture  found ! 
He  shall  his  Lord  with  rapture  see, 
And  be  Avitli  honor  crowned. 

210  S.  M.  -(657) 

Eph.  vi.  10. 

UOLDTEKS  of  Christ,  arise! 

►O  And  put  your  armor  on, 

Strong  in  the  strengtli  which  God  supplies 

Tlirough  his  eternal  Son; 
Strong  in  the  Lord  of  hosts, 

And  in  his  mighty  power, 
Who  in  the  strength  of  Jesus  trusts 

Is  more  than  conqueror. 

2  Stand,  then,  in  his  great  might,  » 

With  all  his  strength  endued; 

But  take,  to  arm  you  for  the  fight, 
TJie  panoply  of  God; 


134  CHRISTIAN   EXPERIENCE. 

That  having  all  things  done, 
And  all  your  conflicts  passed, 

Ye  may  o'ercome  through  Christ  alone, 
And  stand  entire  at  last. 

^11  CM.  (209  Z.) 

Religion. 

RELIGION  is  the  chief  concern 
Of  mortals  here  below : 
May  I  its  great  importance  learn. 
Its  sovereign  virtue  know  I 

2  Eeligion  should  our  thoughts  engage 
Amidst  our  youthful  bloom : 

'T  \n\\  fit  us  for  declining  age, 
And  for  the  aAvful  tomb. 

3  O  may  my  heart,  by  grace  renewed. 
Be  my  Eedeemer's  throne; 

And  be  my  stubborn  will  subdued, 
His  government  to  own ! 

4  Let  deep  repentance,  faith,  and  love, 
Be  joined  with  godly  fear; 

And  all  my  conversation  prove 
My  heart  to  be  sincere. 

5  Let  lively  hope  my  soul  inspire : 
Let  warm  affections  rise; 

And  may  I  wait  with  strong  desire 
To  mount  above  the  skies  I 

Q12  C.  M.  (582) 

A  tender  conscience. 

♦  T  WANT  a  principle  within 

JL    Of  jealous,  godly  fear, 
A  sensibility  of  sin, 
A  pain  to  feel  it  near. 


DUTIES   AKD   TRIALS.  135 

2  Quick  as  the  apple  of  an  eye, 
O  God,  ray  conscience  make  ! 

Awake  my  soul  when  sin  is  nigh, 
And  keep  it  still  av/ake. 

3  If  to  the  right  or  left  I  stray, 
That  moment,  Lord,  reprove; 

And  let  me  weep  my  life  away 
For  having  grieved  thy  love. 

4  O  may  the  least  omission  pain 
My  well-instructed  soul ; 

And  drive  me  to  the  blood  again 
Which  makes  the  Avounded  whole! 

Q13  C.  M.  (626) 

*^Our  good  is  all  divine." 

FATHEK,  to  thee  my  soul  I  lift, 
My  soul  on  tliee  depends. 
Convinced  that  every  perfect  gift 
From  thee  alone  descends, 

2  Mercy  and  grace  are  thine  alone, 
And  power  and  wisdom  too: 

Without  the  Spirit  of  thy  Son 
We  nothing  good  can  do. 

3  We  cannot  speak  one  useful  word, 
One  holy  thought  conceive. 

Unless,  in  answer  to  our  Lord, 
Thyself  the  blessing  give. 

4  His  blood  demands  the  purchased  grace; 
His  blood's  availing  plea 

Obtained  the  help  for  all  our  race, 
And  sends  it  down  to  me. 

5  Thou  all  our  works  in  us  hast  wrought; 
Our  good  is  all  divine: 

The  praise  of  every  virtuous  thought, 
And  righteous  word,  is  thine. 


136  CHRISTIAN   EXPERIENCE. 

6  From  thee,  through  Jesus,  we  receive 

The  power  on  thee  to  call, 
In  whom  we  are,  and  move,  and  live; 

Our  God  is  all.  in  all. 

Q14  C.  M.  (619) 

Surrendering  all  for  Christ. 

HOW  vain  are  all  things  here  below ! 
How  false,  and  yet  how  fair ! 
Each  pleasure  hath  its  poison  too, 
And  every  sweet  a  snare. 

2  The  brightest  things  below  the  sky 
Give  but  a  flattering  light : 

We  should  suspect  some  danger  nigh 
Where  we  possess  delight. 

3  Our  dearest  joys  and  nearest  friends, 
The  partners  of  our  blood, 

How  they  divide  our  wavering  minds, 
And  leave  but  half  for  God  ! 

4  The  fondness  of  a  creature's  love, 
How  strong  it  strikes  the  sense ! 

Thither  the  warm  affections  move, 
Nor  can  we  call  them  thence. 

5  Dear  Saviour,  let  thy  beauties  be 
My  soul's  eternal  food  ; 

And'grace  command  my  heart  away 
From  all  created  good. 

215  C.  M.  (611) 

Judges  v.  31. 

JESUS,  let  all  thy  lovers  shine. 
Illustrious  as  the  sun  ; 
And,  bright  with  borrowed  rays  divine, 
Their  glorious  circuit  run. 


DUTIES   AND    TRIALS.  137 

2  Beyond  the  reach  of  mortals,  spread 
Their  light  where'er  they  go; 

And  heavenly  influences  shed 
On  all  the  world  below. 

3  As  giants  may  they  run  their  race, 
Exulting  in  their  might; 

As  burning  luminaries,  chase 
The  gloom  of  hellish  night. 

4  As  the  bright  Sun  of  righteousness, 
Their  healing  wings  display ; 

And  let  their  luster  still  increase 
Unto  the  perfect  day. 

a  16  C.  M.  (616) 

" T/ie  Lord  is  my  portion." 

Y  God,  my  portion,  and  my  love. 
My  everlasting  all, 
I've  none  but  thee  in  heaven  above. 
Or  on  this  earthly  ball. 

2  What  empty  things  are  all  the  skies, 
And  this  inferior  clod ! 

There 's  nothing  here  deserves  my  joys, 
There's  nothing  like  my  God. 

3  How  vain  a  toy  is  glittering  wealth, 
If  once  compared  to  thee ! 

Or  what's  my  safety,  or  my  health, 
Or  all  my  friends  to  me  ? 

4  Were  I  possessor  of  the  earth. 
And  called  the  stars  my  own, 

Without  thy  graces  and  thyself, 
I  were  a  wretch  undone. 

5  Let  others  stretch  their  arms  like  seas, 
And  grasp  in  all  the  shore  : 

Grant  me  the  visits  of  thy  face, 
And  I  desire  no  more. 


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138  CHRISTIAN   EXPERIENCE. 

ai7  S.  M.  (642) 

"All  things  work  together  for  good." 

AWAY !  my  needless  fears. 
And  doubts  no  longer  mine ; 
A  ray  of  heavenly  light  appears, 
A  messenger  divine. 

2  Thrice  comfortable  hope. 
That  calms  my  troubled  breast; 

My  Father's  hand  prepares  the  cup, 
And  what  he  wills  is  best. 

3  Here  then  I  doubt  no  more, 
But  in  his  pleasure  rest, 

Whose  wisdom,  love,  and  truth,  and  power, 
Engage  to  make  me  blest. 

4  T'  accomplish  his  design, 
The  creatures  all  agree; 

And  all  the  attributes  divine 
Are  now  at  work  for  me. 

Q18  S.  M.  (643) 

[From  the  German  of  Gerhard.] 
Trust  in  Providence. 

COMMIT  thou  all  thy  griefs 
And  ways  into  his  hands, 
To  his  sure  trust  and  tender  care, 

Who  earth  and  heaven  commands:  • 
Who  points  tlie  clouds  their  course. 

Whom  winds  and  seas  obey, 
He  shall  direct  thy  wandering  feet, 
He  shall  prepare  thy  way. 

2  Thou  on  the  Lord  rely, 

So  safe  shalt  thou  go  on: 
Fix  on  his  work  thy  steadfast  eye, 

So  shall  tliv  work  be  done. 


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DUTIES   AND   TRIALS.  139 

No  profit  canst  thou  gain 

By  self-consuming  care; 
To  him  commend  thy  cause,  his  ear 

Attends  the  softest  prayer. 

S19  S.  M.  (644) 

Concluded. 

IVE  to  the  winds  thy  fears ; 
Hope,  and  be  undismayed : 
God  hears  thy  sighs,  and  counts  thy  tears 

God  shall  lift  up  thy  head: 
Through  waves,  and  clouds,  and  storms, 

He  gently  clears  thy  way ; 
Wait  thou  his  time,  so  shall  this  night 

Soon  end  in  joyous  day. 

2  Still  heavy  is  thy  heart  ? 

Still  sink  thy  spirits  doAvn? 
Cast  off  the  weight,  let  fear  depart, 

And  every  care  be  gone, 
What  though  thou  rulest  not. 

Yet  heaven,  and  earth,  and  hell 
Proclaim,  God  sittcth  on  tlie  throne, 

And  ruletli  all  things  well. 

220  S.  M.  (607) 

Eccles.  xi.  6. 

SOW  in  the  morn  thy  seed, 
At  eve  hold  not  thy  hand; 
To  doubt  and  fear  give  thou  no  heed — 
Broad-cast  it  o'er  the  land. 

2  Thou  know' St  not  which  shall  thrive, 
The  late  or  early  sown ; 

Grace  keeps  tlie  precious  germ  alive, 
AVhen  and  wherever  strown; 

3  And  duly  shall  appear. 

In  verdure,  beauty,  strength, 


140  CHRISTIAN    EXPERIENCE. 

The  tender  blade,  the  stalk,  the  ear, 
And  the  full  corn  at  length. 

4  Then,  when  the  final  end. 

The  day  of  God  is  come, 
The  angel  reapers  shall  descend, 

And  heaven  sing,  "Harvest  home!" 

231  S.  M.  (621) 

Rejoicing  in  God. 

COME,  ye  that  love  the  Lord, 
And  let  your  joys  be  known: 
Join  in  a  song  with  sweet  accord, 
While  ye  surround  his  throne. 

2  Let  those  refuse  to  sing 
Who  never  knew  our  God ; 

But  servants  of  the  heavenly  King 
May  speak  their  joys  abroad. 

3  The  God  that  rules  on  high. 
That  all  the  earth  surveys, 

That  rides  upon  the  stormy  sky. 
And  calms  the  roaring  seas — 

4  This  awful  God  is  ours, 
Our  Father  and  our  Love ; 

He  will  send  down  his  heavenly  powers, 
To  carry  us  above. 

5  There  we  shall  see  his  face, 
And  never,  never  sin; 

There,  from  the  rivers  of  his  grace. 
Drink  endless  pleasures  in : 

6  Then  let  our  songs  abound, 
And  every  tear  be  dry; 

We  're  marching  through  Immanuel's  ground 
To  fairer  worlds  on  high. 


DUTIES    AND    TRIALS.  141 

SS2  C.  M.  (612) 

"Thou  knoicest  that  Hove  theeJ' 

DO  not  I  love  thee,  O  mj  Lord? 
Behold  my  heart,  and  see; 
And  turn  each  cursed  idol  out 
That  dares  to  rival  thee. 

2  Do  not  I  love  thee  from  my  soul? 
Then  let  me  nothing  love; 

Dead  be  my  heart  to  every  joy, 
When  Jesus  cannot  move. 

3  Hast  thou  a  lamb  in  all  thy  flock 
I  would  disdain  to  feed? 

Hast  thou  a  foe  before  whose  face 
I  fear  thy  cause  to  plead? 

4  Would  not  my  heart  pour  forth  its  blood 
In  honor  of  thy  name? 

And  challenge  the  cold  hand  of  death 
To  damp  th'  immortal  flame? 

5  Thou  know'st  I  love  thee,  dearest  Lord  ; 
But  O !  I  long  to  soar 

Far  from  the  sphere  of  mortal  joys, 
And  learn  to  love  thee  more. 

223  C.  M.  (638) 

Psalm  xxxiv.  1-9. 

THROUGH  all  the  changing  scenes  of  life, 
In  trouble  and  in  joy, 
The  praises  of  my  God  shall  still 
My  heart  and  tongue  employ. 

2  Of  his  deliverance  I  will  boast, 

Till  all  that  are  distressed. 
From  my  example  comfort  take. 

And  cJiarm  tlieir  griefs  to  rest. 


142  CHRISTIAN    EXPERIENCE. 

3  O  make  but  trial  of  liis  lov . ! 
Experience  will  decide 

How  blest  tliey  are,  and  only  they, 
Who  in  his  truth  confide. 

4  Fear  him,  ye  saints;  and  you  vail  tlien 
Have  nothing  else  to  fear: 

Make  you  his  service  your  delight ; 
He  '11  make  your  wants  his  care. 

Q24  C.  M.  (649) 

Contentment. 

MY  span  of  life  will  soon  be  done, 
The  passing  moriients  say ; 
As  lengthening  shadows  o'er  the  mead 
Proclaim  the  close  of  day. 

2  O  that  my  heai't  might  dwell  aloof 
From  all  created  things. 

And  learn  that  wisdom  from  above 
Whence  true  contentment  springs ! 

3  Courage,  my  soul !  thy  bitter  cross, 
In  every  trial  here, 

Shall  bear  thee  to  thy  heaven  above, 
But  shall  not  enter  there. 

4  The  sighing  ones  that  liumbly  seek 
In  sorrowing  paths  below, 

Shall  in  eternity  rejoice, 

W^here  endless  comforts  flow. 

5  Soon  will  the  toilsome  strife  be  o'er 
Of  sublunary  care, 

And  life's  dull  vanities  no  more 
This  anxious  breast  ensnare. 

6  Courage,  my  soul !  on  God  rely, 
Deliverance  soon  will  come: 

A  thousand  ways  has  Providence 
To  bring  believers  home. 


DUTIES    AND    TRIALS.  143 

Q25  "J^s.  (561) 

The  pilgrim's  song. 

CHILDKEN  of  the  heavenly  King, 
As  we  journey,  let  us  sing; 
Sing  our  Saviour's  worthy  praise. 
Glorious  in  his  works  and  ways. 

2  We  are  traveling  home  to  God, 
In  the  way  our  fathers  trod ; 
They  are  happy  now,  and  we 
Soon  their  happiness  shall  see. 

3  O  ye  banished  seed,  be  glad ! 
Christ  our  Advocate  is  made : 
Us  to  save,  our  flesh  assumes, 
Brother  to  our  souls  becomes. 

4  Fear  not,  brethren,  joyful  stand 
On  the  borders  of  our  land ; 
Jesus  Christ,  our  Fathei-'s  Son, 
Bids  us  undismayed  go  on. 

5  Lord!  obediently  we'll  go, 
Gladly  leaving  all  below: 
Only  thou  our  Leader  be. 
And  we  still  will  follow  thee. 

226  C.  M.  (567) 

The  Christian  race. 

AWAKE,  my  soul !  stretch  every  nerve, 
And  press  with  vigor  on : 
A  heavenly  race  demands  tliy  zeal, 
And  an  immortal  crown. 

2  A  cloud  of  witnesses  arounJ 

Hold  thee  in  full  survey 
Forget  the  steps  already  tro.l, 

And  onward  urge  tliy  way. 


144  CHRISTIAN    EXPERIENCE. 

3  'T  is  God's  all-animating  voice 
That  calls  thee  from  on  high ; 

'Tis  his  own  hand  presents  the  prize 
To  thine  aspiring  eye : 

4  That  prize,  with  peerless  glories  bright, 
Which  shall  new  luster  boast, 

When  victors'  wreaths  and  monarchs'  gems 
Shall  blend  in  common  dust. 

5  Blest  Saviour !  introduced  by  thee. 
Have  I  my  race  begun ; 

And,  crowned  with  victory,  at  thy  feet 
I'll  lay  my  honors  down. 

237  S.  M.  (595) 

Keeping  the  charge  of  the  Lord. 

ACHAKGE  to  keep  I  have, 
A  God  to  glorify ; 
A  never-dying  soul  to  save. 

And  fit  it  for  the  sky ; 
To  serve  the  j^resent  age. 
My  calling  to  fulfill — 
O  may  it  all  my  powers  engage 
To  do  my  Master's  will! 

2  Arm  me  with  jealous  care, 

As  in  thy  sight  to  live ; 
And  O,  thy  servant,  Lord,  jarepare 

A  strict  account  to  give ! 
Help  me  to  watch  and  pray, 

And  on  thyself  rely, 
Assured  if  I  my  trust  betray, 

I  shall  forever  die. 


^28  S.  M.  (596) 

A  holy  life. 
lOD  of  almighty  love, 
By  whose  sufiicient  grace 


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DUTIES   AND   TRIALS.  145 

1  lift  my  heart  to  things  above, 
And  humbly  seek  thy  face — 

Through  Jesus  Christ,  the  just, 

My  faint  desires  receive. 
And  let  me  in  thy  goodness  trust, 

And  to  thy  glory  live. 

2  Whatever  I  say  or  do, 
Thy  glory  be  my  aim ; 

My  offerings  all  be  offered  through 

The  ever-blessed  Name. 
Jesus,  my  single  eye 

Be  fixed  on  thee  alone; 
Thy  name  be  praised  on  earth,  on  high, 

Thy  will  by  all  be  done ! 

3  Spirit  of  faith,  inspire 
My  consecrated  heart ; 

Fill  me  witli  pure  celestial  fire, 
"With  all  thou  hast  and  art. 

My  feeble  mind  transform, 
And,  perfectly  renewed. 

Into  a  saint  exalt  a  worm, 
A  worm  exalt  to  God ! 

Q29  8,8,6.  (663) 

Full  assurance  of  hope. 

COME  on,  my  partners  in  distress. 
My  comrades  tlirougli  the  wilderness. 

Who  still  your  bodies  feel ; 
Awhile  forget  your  griefs  and  fears. 
And  look  bevond  this  vale  of  teare 

To  that  celestial  hill. 
2  Beyond  the  bounds  of  time  and  space 
Look  forward  to  that  heavenly  place, 

The  saints'  secure  abode : 
On  faith's  strong  eagle-pinions  rise, 
And  force  your  passage  to  the  skies, 

And  scale  the  mount  of  God. 


146  CHRISTIAN    EXPERIENCE. 

3  Wlio  suffer  with  our  Master  here, 
We  shall  before  his  face  appear, 

And  by  his  side  sit  down : 
To  patient  faith  the  prize  is  sure; 
And  all  that  to  the  end  endure 

The  cross,  shall  wear  the  crown. 

4  Thrice  blessed,  bliss-inspiring  hope! 
It  lifts  the  fainting  spirits  up. 

It  brings  to  life  the  dead  : 
Our  conflicts  here  shall  soon  be  past, 
And  you  and  I  ascend  at  last, 

Triumphant  with  our  Plead. 

230  8,8,6.  (580) 

Circumspection. 
E  it  my  only  wisdom  here 

To  serve  the  Lord  with  filial  fear. 
With  loving  gratitude ; 
Superior  sense  may  I  display, 
By  shunning  every  evil  way, 
And  walking  in  the  good. 

2  O  may  I  still  from  sin  depart; 
A  wise  and  understanding  heart, 

Jesus,  to  me  be  given ! 
And  let  me  through  tliy  Spirit  know 
To  glorify  my  God  below, 

And  find  my  way  to  heaven. 

Q31  S.  M.  (624) 

A  single  eye. 

I"^EACH  me,  my  God  and  King, 
.    In  all  things  thee  to  see ; 
And  what  I  do,  in  any  thing, 
To  do  it  as  for  thee ; 


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2  To  scorn  the  senses'  sway. 
While  still  to  thee  I  tend: 


DUTIES   AND    TRIALS.  147 

In  all  I  do  be  thou  the  way, 
In  all  be  thou  the  end. 

3  All  may  of  thee  partake: 
Nothing  so  small  can  be, 

But  draws,  when  acted  for  thy  sake, 
Greatness  and  worth  from  thee. 

4  If  done  t'  obey  thy  laws, 
E'en  servile  labors  shine; 

Hallowed  is  toil,  if  this  the  cause, 
The  meanest  work  divine. 

5  Thee,  then,  my  God  and  King, 
In  all  things  may  I  see ; 

And  what  I  do,  in  any  thing. 
May  it  be  done  for  thee ! 

232  8,7.  (632) 

Taking  up  the  cross. 

JESUS,  I  my  cross  have  taken. 
All  to  leave,  and  follow  thee; 
Naked,  poor,  despised,  forsaken. 

Thou,  from  hence,  my  ail  shalt  be. 
Perish,  every  fond  ambition, 

All  I've  sought,  or  lioped,  or  known; 
Yet  how  rich  is  my  condition! 

God  and  heaven  are  still  my  own  ! 

2  Let" the  world  despise  and  leave  me — 
They  have  left  my  Saviour  too : 

Human  hearts  and  looks  deceive  me — 
Thou  art  not,  like  them,  untrue ; 

And  while  thou  shalt  smile  upon  me, 
God  of  wisdom,  love,  and  might. 

Foes  may  hate,  and  friends  disown  me; 
Show  thy  face,  and  all  is  bright. 

3  Go,  then,  earthly  fome  and  treasure; 
Come  disaster,  scorn,  and  pain ; 


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148  CHRISTIAN    EXPERIENCE. 

In  thy  service  pain  is  pleasure; 

With  thy  favor  loss  is  gain. 
I  have  called  thee,  Abba,  Father, 

I  have  set  my  heart  on  thee: 
Storms  may  howl,  and  clouds  may  gather — 

All  must  work  for  good  to  me. 

233  7s.  (630) 

Chastisement 

IS  my  happiness  below 
Not  to  live  without  the  cross ; 
But  the  Saviour's  po*wer  to  know, 
Sanctifying  every  loss. 

2  Trials  must  and  will  befall ; 
But  with  humble  faith  to  see 

Love  inscribed  upon  them  all — 
This  is  happiness  to  me. 

3  Trials  make  the  promise  sweet; 
Trials  give  new  life  to  prayer; 

Bring  me  to  my  Saviour's  feet, 
Lay  me  low,  and  keep  me  there. 

234  7s.  (647) 

Daily  bread. 

I  AY  by  day  the  manna  fell: 
O,  to  learn  this  lesson  well! 
Still  by  constant  mercy  fed, 
Give  me,  Lord,  my  daily  bread. 

2  "Day  by  day,"  the  promise  reads, 
Daily  strength  for  daily  needs : 
Cast  foreboding  fears  away; 
Take  the  manna  of  to-day. 

3  Lord !  my  times  are  in  thy  hand : 
All  my  sanguine  hopes  have  planned, 


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^  DUTIES    AND    TRIALS.  149 

To  thy  wisdom  I  resign, 
And  would  make  thy  purpose  mine. 
4  Thou  my  daily  task  shalt  give: 
Day  by  day  to  thee  I  live ; 
So  shall  added  years  fulfill, 
,    Not  my  own,  my  Father's  will. 

235  Ss.  (615) 

Delight  in  Christ. 

HOW  tedious  and  tasteless  the  hours 
When  Jesus  no  longer  I  see ! 
Sweet  prospects,  sweet  birds,  and  sweet  flowers, 

Have  all  lost  their  sweetness  to  me : 
The  midsummer  sun  shines  but  dim, 

The  fields  strive  in  vain  to  look  gay ; 
But  when  I  am  happy  in  him, 
December's  as  pleasant  as  May. 

2  His  name  yields  the  richest  perfume. 
And  sweeter  than  uuisic  his  voice; 

His  presence  disperses  my  gloom, 
And  makes  all  Avithin  me  rejoice: 

I  sliould,  were  he  always  thus  nigh, 
Have  nothing  to  wisli  or  to  fear; 

No  mortal  so  happy  as  I, 

My  summer  would  last  all  the  year. 

3  Content  with  beholding  his  face, 
j\Iy  all  to  his  pleasure  resigned; 

No  changes  of  season  or  place 

Would  myke  any  change  in  my  mind: 

While  blessed  with  a  sense  of  iiis  love, 
A  palace  a  toy  would  appear; 

And  prisons  would  palaces  prove, 
If  Jesus  would  dwell  with  me  there. 

4  Dear  Lord,  if  indeed  I  am  thine, 
If  tliou  art  my  sun  and  my  song. 

Say  why  do  I  languish  and  pine? 
And  why  are  my  winters  so  long? 


150  CHRISTIAN   EXPERIENCE. 

O  drive  these  dark  clouds  from  my  sky, 
Tliy  soul-cheering  presence  restore; 

Or  take  me  to  thee  up  on  high, 

Where  winter  and  clouds  are  no  more. 

236  8s.  (614) 

Delight  in  Christ.  * 

THOU  Shepherd  of  Israel  and  mine, 
The  joy  and  desire  of  my  heart, 
For  closer  communion  I  pine, 
I  long  to  reside  where  thou  art. 

2  The  pasture  I  languish  to  find, 
Where  all  who  their  Shepherd  obey, 

Are  fed,  on  thy  bosom  reclined, 

And  screened  from  the  heat  of  the  day. 

3  'T  is  there  with  the  lambs  of  thy  flock, 
There  only  I  covet  to  rest; 

To  lie  at  the  foot  of  the  rock, 
Or  rise  to  be  hid  in  thy  breast: 

4  'T  is  there  I  would  always  abide, 
And  never  a  moment  depart ; 

Concealed  in  the  cleft  of  thy  side, 
Eternally  held  in  thy  heart. 

237  8,7.  (623) 
Gratitude. 

COME,  thou  Fount  of  every  blessing, 
Tune  my  heart  to  sing  thy  grace : 
Streams  of  mercy,  never  ceasing. 

Call  for  songs  of  loudest  praise. 
Teacli  me  some  melodious  sonnet, 

Sung  by  flaming  tongues  above; 
Praise  the  mount — I  'm  fixed  upon  it — 

Mount  of  thy  redeeming  love! 
2  Here  I'll  raise  mine  Ebenezer, 

Hither,  by  thy  help,  I'm  come; 


DUTIES   AND    TRIALS.  151 

And  I  hope,  by  thy  good  pleasure, 

Safely  to  arrive  at  home. 
Jesus  sought  me,  when  a  stranger, 

Wandering  from  the  fold  of  God : 
He,  to  rescue  me  from  danger. 

Interposed  his  precious  blood ! 

3  O  to  grace  how  great  a  debtor 

Daily  I  'm  constrained  to  be ! 
Let  thy  goodness,  like  a  fetter, 

Bind  my  wandering  heart  to  thee! 
Prone  to  wander.  Lord,  I  feel  it — 

Prone  to  leave  the  God  I  love — 
Here's  my  heart,  O  take  and  seal  it! 

Seal  it  for  thy  courts  above. 

238  lis.  (640) 

Precious  promises. 

HOW  firm  a  foundation,  ye  saints  of  the  Lord, 
Is  laid  for  your  faith  in  his  excellent  word  ! 
What  more  can  he  say  than  to  you  he  hath  said, 
You  who  unto  Jesus  for  refuge  have  fled? 

2  In  every  condition — in  sickness,  in  health; 
In  poverty's  vale,  or  abounding  in  wealth ; 

At  home  and  abroad ;  on  the  land,  on  the  sea — 
*'As  thy  days  may  demand,  shall  thy  strength 
ever  be. 

3  ''Fear  not;   I  am  with  thee;   O  be  not  dis- 

mayed ! 
I,  I  am  thy  God,  and  will  still  give  thee  aid  ; 
I  '11  strengthen  thee,  help  thee,  and  cause  thee 

to  stand, 
Upheld  by  my  righteous,  omnipotent  hand. 

4  ''When  through  the  deep  waters  I  call  thee 

.  to  go, 
The  rivers  of  woe  shall  not  thee  overflow: 


152  CHRISTIAN    EXPERIENCE. 

For  I  will  be  with  tliee,  thy  troubles  to  bless, 
And  sanctify  to  thee  thy  deepest  distress. 

5  ''When   through  fiery   trials   thy  pathway 

shall  lie, 
My  grace,  all-sufficient,  shall  be  thy  supply: 
The  flame  shall  not  liurt  thee — I  only  design 
Thy  dross  to  consume,  and  thy  gold  to  refine, 

6  "  E'en  down  to  old  age,  all  my  people  shall 

prove 
My  sovereign,  eternal,  unchangeable  love; 
And  when  hoary  hairs  shall  their  temples  adorn, 
Like  lambs  they  shall  still  in  my  bosom  be 

borne. 

7  "The  soul  that  on  Jesus  still  leans  for  repose,! 
I  will  not,  I  ivill  not,  desert  to  his  foes ; 

That  soul,  though  all  hell  should  endeavor  to 

shake, 
I  '11  never,  no,  never,  so,  never  forsake." 

239  L.  M.  (629) 

[From  the  German.] 
Adve^^sity. 

OTHOU,  to  Avhose  all-searching  sight 
The  darkness  shineth  as  the  light. 
Search,  prove  my  heart,  it  pants  for  thee, 
O  burst  these  bonds,  and  set  it  free ! 

2  Wash  out  its  stains,  refine  its  dross, 
Nail  my  affections  to  the  cross ; 
Hallow  each  thought,  let  all  within 
Be  clean,  as  thou,  my  Lord,  art  clean. 

3  Saviour,  where'er  thy  steps  I  see, 
Dauntless,  untired,  I  follow  thee: 

O  let  thy  hand  support  me  still, 
And  V'sd  me  to  thy  holy  hill! 


DUTIES   AND   TRIALS.  153 

4  If  rough  and  thorny  be  the  way, 
My  strength  proportion  to  my  day; 
Till  toil,  and  grief,  and  pain  shall  cease, 
Where  all  is  cahn,  and  joy,  and  peace. 

240  L.  M.  (639) 
Hab.  iii.  17,  18. 

AWAY,  my  unbelieving  fear ! 
Fear  shall  in  me  no  more  have  place: 
jSIy  Saviour  doth  not  yet  appear, 

lie  liides  the  brightness  of  his  face ; 
But  shall  I  therefore  let  him  go. 

And  basely  to  the  tempter  yield  ? 
No,  in  the  strength  of  Jesus,  no, 

1  never  will  give  up  my  shield. 

2  Although  the  vine  its  fruit  deny, 

Altliough  the  olive  yield  no  oil. 
The  withering  fig-tree  droop  and  die. 

The-  field  illude  the  tiller's  toil. 
The  empty  stall  no  herd  afford. 

And  perish  all  the  bleating  race, 
Yet  will  I  triumph  in  the  Lord, 

The  God  of  my  salvation  praise. 

241  C.  M.  (656) 
Courage. 

M  I  a  soldier  of  the  cross, 
V  follower  of  the  Lamb, 
And  shall  I  fear  to  own  his  cause. 
Or  blush  to  speak  liis  name? 

2  Must  I  be  carried  to  the  skies 
On  flowery  beds  of  ease. 

While  others  fought  to  win  the  prize. 
And  sailed  tlirough  bloody  seas? 

3  Are  there  no  foes  for  me  to  face? 
Must  I  not  stem  the  flood  ? 


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154       christiIn  experience. 

Is  this  vile  world  a  friend  to  grace, 
To  help  me  on  to  God  ? 

4  Sure  I  must  fight  if  I  would  reign ; 
Increase  my  courage,  Lord : 

I'll  bear  the  toil,  enolure  the  pain, 
Supported  by  thy  word. 

5  Thy  saints,  in  all  this  glorious  war. 
Shall  conquer,  though  they  die; 

They  see  the  triumpli  from  afar — 
By  faith  they  bring  it  nigh. 

6  When  that  illustrious  day  shall  rise, 
And  all  thy  armies  shine. 

In  robes  of  victory,  through  the  skies, 
The  glory  shall  be  thine. 

942  C.  M.  (654) 

Oratitude  and  hope. 

AMAZING  grace!  (how  sweet  the  sound!) 
That  saved  a  wretch  like  me ! 

1  once  was  lost,  but  now  I'm  found. 
Was  blind,  but  now  I  see. 

2  'T  was  grace  that  taught  my  heart  to  fear, 
And  grace  my  fears  relieved ; 

How  precious  did  that  grace  appear, 
Tlie  hour  I  first  believed ! 

3  Through  many  dangers,  toils,  and  snares, 
I  have  already  come; 

'T  is  grace  has  brought  me  safe  thus  far, 
And  grace  will  lead  me  home. 

4  The  Lord  has  promised  good  to  me; 
His  word  my  hope  secures: 

He  will  my  shield  and  portion  be 
As  long  as  life  endures. 


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FUTURE   STATE.  155 

5  Yea,  when  this  flesh  and  heart  shall  fail, 

And  mortal  life  shall  cease, 
I  shall  possess  within  the  vail 

A  life  of  joy  and  peace. 


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24.3  C.  M.  (655) 

Inspiring  hope. 
HEN  I  can  read  my  title  clear 
To  mansions  in  the  skies, 

1  '11  bid  farewell  to  every  fear, 
And  wipe  my  weeping  eyes. 

2  Should  earth  against  my  soul  engage, 
And  fiery  darts  be  hurled, 

Tlien  I  can  smile  at  Satan's  rage. 
And  face  a  frowning  world. 

3  Let  cares,  like  a  wild  deluge,  come. 
Let  storms  of  sorrow  fall ; 

So  I  but  safely  reach  my  home. 
My  God,  my  heaven,  my  all. 

4  There  I  shall  bathe  my  weary  soul 
In  seas  of  heavenly  rest, 

And  not  a  wave  of  trouble  roll 
Across  my  peaceful  breast. 


SECTION  VIII. 

Death  and  the  Future  State. 


344  C.  M.  (668) 

Psalm  xc. 
GOD,  our  help  in  ages  past. 
Our  hope  for  years  to  come. 
Our  shelter  from  the  stormy  blast, 
And  our  eternal  home : 


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156  DEATH   AND    THE 

2  Under  the  shadow  of  thy  throne, 
Still  may  we  dwell  secure ; 

.  Sufficient  is  thine  arm  alone, 
And  our  defense  is  sure. 

3  Before  the  hills  in  order  stood. 
Or  earth  received  her  frame, 

From  everlasting  thou  art  God, 
To  endless  years  the  same. 

4  A  thousand  ages,  in  thy  sight, 
Are  like  an  evening  gone ; 

Short  as  the  watch  that  ends  the  night 
Before  the  rising  sun. 

5  Time,  like  an  ever-rolling  stream, 
Bears  all  its  sons  away;  * 

They  fly,  forgotten,  as  a  dream 
Dies  at  the  opening  day. 

6  O  God,  our  help  in  ages  past. 
Our  hope  for  years  to  come. 

Be  thou  our  guard  while  life  shall  last. 
And  our  perpetual  home ! 

a 45  C.  M.  (729 

Funeral  of  a  Christian. 
HY  do  we  mourn  departing  friends, 
Or  shake  at  death's  alarms? 
'Tis  but  the  voice  that  Jesus  sends 
To  call  them  to  his  arms. 

2  Why  should  we  tremble  to  convey 
Their  bodies  to  the  tomb  ? 

There  once  the  flesh  of  Jesus  lay. 
And  left  a  long  perfume. 

3  The  graves  of  all  his  saints  he  blessed, 
And  softened  every  bed : 

AVhere  should  the  dying  members  rest, 
But  with  their  dying  Head? 


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FUTURE   STATE.  157 

4  Tlience  he  arose,  ascending  lii^li, 
And  shoAved  our  feet  the  way : 

Up  to  the  Lord  our  flesh  shall  fly, 
At  the  great  rising  day. 

5  Tlien  let  the  last  loud  trumpet  sound, 
And  bid  our  kindred  rise: 

Awake,  ye  nations  under  ground ; 
Ye  saints,  ascend  the  skies ! 

246  C.  M.  (726) 

Funeral  of  a  Christian.     Rev.  xiv.  13. 

HEAE.  what  the  voice  from  heaven  proclaims 
For  all  the  pious  dead ! 
Sweet  is  the  savor  of  their  names. 
And  soft  their  sleeping  bed. 

2  They  die  in  Jesus,  and  are  blessed ; 
How  kind  their  slumbers  are ! 

From  sufferings  and  from  sins  released. 
And  freed  from  every  snare. 

3  Far  from  this  world  of  toil  and  strife. 
They're  present  with  the  Lord: 

The  labors  of  their  mortal  life 
End  in  a  large  reward. 

Q47  C.  M.  (671) 

A  voice  from  the  tombs. 

HARK !  from  the  tombs  a  doleful  sound  1 
My  ears,  attend  the  cry : 
"Ye  living  men,  come  view  the  ground 
Where  you  must  shortly  lie. 

2  "  Princes,  this  clay  must  be  your  bed, 

In  spite  of  all  your  towers; 
The  tall,  the  wise,  the  reverend  head, 

Must  lie  as  low  as  ours." 


158  DEATH   AND   THE 

3  Great  God !  is  this  our  certain  doom? 
And  are  we  still  secure? 

Still  walking  downward  to  the  tomb, 
And  yet  prepared  no  more ! 

4  Grant  us  the  power  of  quickening  grace, 
To  fit  our  souls  to  fly; 

Then,  when  we  drop  this  dying  flesh, 
We  '11  rise  above  the  sky. 

948  L.  M.  (678) 

Death  welcome  to  the  Christian. 

SHKINKING  from  the  cold  hand  of  death, 
I  soon  shall  gather  up  my  feet; 
Shall  soon  resign  this  fleeting  breath, 
And  die — my  father's  God  to  meet. 

2  Numbered  among  thy  people,  I 
Expect  with  joy  thy  face  to  see: 

Because  thou  didst  for  sinners  die, 
Jesus,  in  death  remember  me ! 

3  O  that  without  a  lingering  groan 
I  may  the  welcome  w^ord  receive ! 

My  body  with  my  charge  lay  down, 
And  cease  at  once  to  work  and  live! 

4  Walk  with  me  through  the  dreadful  shade, 
And,  certified  tiiat  thou  art  mine. 

My  spirit,  calm  and  undismayed, 
I  shall  into  thy  hands  resign. 

5  No  anxious  doubt,  no  guilty  gloom. 
Shall  damp  whom  Jesus'  presence  cheers ; 

My  light,  my  life,  my  God  is  come. 
And  glory  in  his  face  appears ! 

349  L.  M.  (679) 

The  peaceful  death. 

WHY  should  we  start  and  fear  to  die? 
What  timorous  worms  wt>  mortals  are  I 


FUTURE   STATE.  159 

Death  is  the  gate  to  endless  joj, 
And  yet  we  dread  to  enter  there. 

2  The  pains,  the  groans,  the  dying  strife, 
Fright  our  approaching  souls  away; 

And  we  shrink  back  again  to  life, 
Fond  of  our  prison  and  our  clay. 

3  O  if  my  Lord  would  come  and  meet, 

My  soul  would  stretcli  her  Avings  in  haste, 
Fly  fearless  tlirough  death's  iron  gate, 
Nor  feel  the  terrors  as  she  passed ! 

4  Jesus  can  make  a  dying-bed 
Feel  soft  as  downy  pillows  are. 

While  on  his  breast  I  lean  my  liead. 
And  breathe  my  life  out  sweetly  there. 

250  L.  M.  (693) 
Dies  ine. 

THE  day  of  wrath,  that  dreadful  day. 
When  heaven  and  earth  shall  pass  away! 
W^hat  power  shall  be  the  sinner's  stay  ? 
How  shall  he  meet  tliat  dreadful  day — 

2  When,  shriveling  like  a  parched  scroll, 
The  flaming  heavens  together  roll ; 

And  louder  yet,  and  yet  more  dread, 
Swells  the  high  trump  that  wakes  the  dead? 

3  O  on  that  day,  that  wrathful  day, 
When  man  to  judgment  wakes  from  clay, 
Be  thou,  O  Olirist,  the  sinner's  stay. 
Though  heaven  and  earth  shall  pass  away ! 

251  L.  M.  (697) 
Heaven.     Psalm  xvii.  15. 

WHAT  sinners  value  I  resign ; 
Lord,  'tis  enough  that  thou  art  mine: 


160  DEATH   AND   THE 

1  shall  behold  thy  blissful  face, 
And  stand  complete  in  righteousness. 

2  This  life's  a  dream,  an  empty  show; 
But  the  bright  world  to  which  I  go 
Hath  joys  substantial  and  sincere: 

•  When  shall  I  wake  and  find  me  there  ? 

3  O  glorious  hour !  O  blest  abode ! 
I  shall  be  near,  and  like,  my  God; 
And  flesh  and  sin  no  more  control 
The  sacred  pleasures  of  the  soul. 

4  My  flesh  shall  slumber  in  the  ground 
Till  the  last  trumpet's  joyful  sound"; 
Then  burst  the  chains  with  sweet  surprise, 
And  in  my  Saviour's  image  rise. 

Q53  C.  M.  (720) 

Funeral  of  a  child. 

TPIY  life  I  read,  my  gracious  Lord, 
With  transport  all  divine: 
Thine  image  trace  in  every  word, 
Thy  love  in  every  line. 

2  Methinks  I  see  a  thousand  charms 
Spread  o'er  thy  lovely  face. 

While  infants  in  thy  tender  arms 
Receive  the  smiling  grace. 

3  *'[  take  these  little  lambs,"  said  he, 
"And  lay  tliem  in  my  breast: 

Protection  they  shall  find  in  me. 
In  me  be  ever  blest. 

4  "  Death  may  the  bands  of  life  unlooee, 
But  can't  dissolve  my  love : 

Millions  of  infant  souls  compose 
The  family  above." 


FUTURE   STATE.  161 

Q63     '  C.  M.  (721^ 

Funeral  of  a  child. 

LIFE  is  a  span,  a  fleeting  liour: 
How  soon  the  vapor  flies ! 
Man  is  a  tender,  transient  flower, 
That  e'en  in  blooming  dies. 

2  Death  spreads  his  withering,  wintry  arms, 
And  beauty  smiles  no  more : 

Ah !  where  are  now  those  rising  charms 
Which  pleased  our  eyes  before  ? 

3  That  once  loved  form,  now  cold  and  dead, 
Each  mournful  thought  employs ; 

"We  weep  our  earthly  comforts  fled, 
And  withered  all  our  joys. 

4  Hope  looks  beyond  the  bounds  of  time. 
When  what  we  now  deplore 

Shall  rise  in  full,  immortal  prime, 
And  bloom  to  fade  no  more. 

254  C.  M.  (688) 

The  saints  above. 

GIVE  me  the  wings  of  faith,  to  rise 
Within  the  vail,  and  see 
The  saints  above,  how  great  their  joys, 
How  bright  their  glories  be. 

2  I  ask  them  whence  their  victory  came; 
They,  with  united  breath, 

Ascribe  their  conquest  to  the  Lamb, 
Their  triumph  to  his  death. 

3  They  marked  the  footsteps  that  he  trod 
His  zeal  inspired  their  breast; 

And,  following  their  incarnate  God, 
Possess  the  promised  rest. 
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162  DEATH   AND   THE 

4  Our  glorious  Leader  claims  our  praise 
•     For  his  own  pattern  given ; 
While  the  long  cloud  of  witnesses 
Show  the  same  path  to  heaven. 

Q55  L.  M.  ^  (724) 

Funeral  of  a  youth.     1  Peter  i.  24,  25. 

THE  morning  flowers  display  their  sweets, 
And  gay  their  silken  leaves  unfold, 
As  careless  of  the  noontide  heats, 
As  fearless  of  the  evening  cold. 

2  Nipped  by  the  wind's  unkindly  blast, 
Parched  by  the  sun's  directer  ray, 

The  momentary  glories  Avaste, 

The  short-lived  beauties  die  aAvay. 

3  So  blooms  the  human  face  divine, 
When  youth  its  pride  of  beauty  shows : 

Fairer  than  spring  the  colors  shine, 
And  sweeter  than  the  virgin  rose. 

4  Or  worn  by  slowly-rolling  years. 
Or  broke  by  sickness  in  a  day, 

The  fading  glory  disappears, 

The  short-lived  beauties  die  away. 

5  Yet  these,  new-rising  from  the  tomb, 
With  luster  brighter  far  shall  shine, 

Revive  with  ever-during  bloom. 
Safe  from  diseases  and  decline. 

6  Let  sickness  blast,  let  death  devour. 
If  heaven  must  recompense  our  pains : 

Perish  the  grass,  and  fade  the  flower. 
If  firm  the  Avord  of  God  remains. 

S56  L.  M.  (728) 

Funeral  of  a  Christian. 

UNVEIL  thy  bosom,  faithful  tomb, 
Take  this  new  treasure  to  thy  trust; 


FUTURE  STATE.  163 

And  give  these  sacred  relics  room, 
To  slumber  in  the  silent  dust. 

2  Kor  pain,  nor  grief,  nor  anxious  fear, 
Invades  thy  bounds ;  no  mortal  Avoes 

Can  reach  the  peaceful  sleeper  here, 
While  angels  watch  the  soft  repose. 

3  So  Jesus  slept:  God's  dying  Son 

Passed  through  tlie  grave,  and  blessed  the  bed : 
Kest  here,  blest  saint,  till  from  his  throne 
The  morning  break,  and  pierce  the  shade. 

4  Break  from  his  tlirone,  illustrious  morn ! 
Attend,  O  earth,  his  sovereign  word ! 

Eestore  thy  trust:  a  glorious  form 
Shall  then  arise  to  meet  the  Lord. 

S57  L.  M.  (681) 

Death  of  the  righteous. 

HOW  blest  the  righteous  when  he  dies ! 
When  sinks  a  weary  soul  to  rest. 
How  mildly  beam  the  closing  eyes ! 

How  gently  heaves  th'  expiring  breast ! 

2  So  fades  a  summer  cloud  away ; 

So  sinks  the  gale  wlien  storms  are  o'er- 
So  gently  shuts  the  eye  of  day ;  ' 

So  dies  a  wave  along  the.  shore. 

3  Life's  duty  done,  as  sinks  the  clay, 
Light  from  its  load  the  spirit  flies  ; 

While  heaven  and  earth  combine  to  say, 
"How  blest  the  righteous  Avhen  he  dies!" 

Q58  C.  M.  (669) 

Brevity  of  life. 

THEE  we  adore,  eternal  Name  I 
And  humbly  own  to  thee 


164  DEATH   AND   THE 

How  feeble  is  our  mortal  frame, 
What  dying  worms  we  be ! 

2  The  year  rolls  round,  and  steals  away 
The  breath  that  first  it  gave : 

Whate'er  we  do,  where'er  we  be, 
We  're  traveling  to  the  grave. 

3  Dangers  stand  thick  through  all  the  ground 
To  push  us  to  the  tomb ; 

And  fierce  diseases  wait  around 
To  hurry  mortals  home. 

4  Waken,  O  Lord,  our  drowsy  sense 
To  walk  this  dangerous  road ; 

And  if  our  souls  be  hurried  hence. 
May  they  be  found  with  God ! 

259  C.  M.  (719) 

Eternal  death. 

THAT  awful  day  will  surely  come, 
Th'  appointed  hour  makes  haste, 
When  I  must  stand  before  my  Judge, 
And  pass  the  solemn  test. 

2  Jesus,  thou  Source  of  all  my  joys. 
Thou  Euler  of  my  heart, 

How  could  I  bear  to  hear  thy  voice 
Pronounce  the  sound,  "Depart!" 

3  The  thunder  of  that  awful  word 
Would  so  torment  my  ear, 

'T  would  tear  my  soul  asunder,  Lord, 
With  most  tormenting  fear. 

4  O  wretched  state  of  deep  despair, 
To  see  my  God  remove, 

And  fix  my  doleful  station  where 
I  must  not  taste  his  love ! 


FUTURE   STATE.  165 

Q60  C.  M.  (689) 

The  day  of  judgment. 

AND  must  I  be  to  judgment  brouglit, 
And  answer  in  that  day 
For  every  vain  and  idle  thought, 
And  every  word  I  say? 

2  Yes,  every  secret  of  my  heart 
Shall  shortly  be  made  known, 

And  I  receive  my  just  desert 
For  all  that  I  have  done. 

3  How  careful,  tlien,  ought  I  to  live ! 
Yv^ith  what  religious  fear! 

Who  such  a  strict  account  must  give 
For  my  behavior  here! 

4  Thou  awful  Judge  of  quick  and  dead, 
The  watchful  power  bestow ; 

So  shall  I  to  my  ways  take  heed. 
To  all  I  speak  or  do. 

5  If  now  thou  standest  at  the  door, 

0  let  me  feel  tliee  near ! 

And  make  my  peace  with  God,  before 

1  at  thy  bar  appear. 

•^61  S.  M.  (298  i. 

Peaceful  death. 

FOE  the  death  of  those 
Who  slumber  in  the  Lord ! 
O  be,  like  theirs,  my  last  repose, 
Like  theirs  my  last  reward ! 

2  Their  bodies  in  tlie  ground 
In  silent  hope  may  lie, 

Till  the  last  trumpet's  joyful  sound 
Shall  call  them  to  the  sky. 


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166  DEATH   AND   THE 

3  Their  ransomed  spirits  soar, 
On  wings  of  faith  and  love, 

To  meet  the  Saviour  thej^  adore, 
And  reign  with  him  above. 

4  With  us  their  names  shall  live 
Through  long  succeeding  years. 

Embalmed  with  all  our  hearts  can  give, 
Our  praises  and  our  tears. 

5  O  for  the  death  of  those, 
Who  slumber  in  the  Lord ! 

O  be,  like  theirs,  my  last  repose. 
Like  theirs  my  last  reward ! 

263  S.  M.  (730) 

Funeral  of  a  Christian. 
ND  must  this  body  die, 
This  well-wrought  frame  decay? 
And  must  these  active  limbs  of  mine 
Lie  moldering  in  the  clay? 

2  Corruption,  earth,  and  worijis, 
Shall  but  refine  this  flesh, 

Till  my  triumphant  spirit  comes 
To  put  it  on  afresh. 

3  Arrayed  in  glorious  grace 
Shall  these  vile  bodies  shine. 

And  every  shape,  and  every  face, 
Be  heavenly  and  divine. 

4  These  lively  hopes  we  owe. 
Lord,  to  thy  dying  love : 

O  may  we  bless  thy  grace  below, 
And  sing  thy  grace  above ! 

263  •  S.  M.  (676) 

The  issues  of  life  and  death. 
WHERE  shall  rest  be  found, 
Eest  for  the  wearv  soul? 


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FUTURE    STATE.  167 

'T  were  vain  the  ocean-depths  to  sound, 
Or  pierce  to  either  pole : 

2  The  world  can  never  give 
The  bliss  for  which  we  sigh : 

'Tis  not  the  whole  of  life  to  live, 
Nor  all  of  death  to  die. 

3  Beyond  this  vale  of  tears 
There  is  a  life  above, 

Unmeasured  by  tlie  liight  of  years; 
And  all  that  life  is  love: 

4  There  is  a  death  whose  pang 
Outlasts  the  fleeting  breath; 

O  what  eternal  horrors  hang 
Around  "the  second  death!" 

5  Lord  God  of  trutli  and  grace, 
Teach  us  that  deatli  to  shun, 

Lest  we  be  banislied  from  thy  face, 
And  evermore  undone. 

264  S.  M.  (674) 

The  end  of  life. 

ND  am  I  born  to  die  ? 
To  lay  this  body  down? 
And  must  my  trembling  spirit  fly 
Into  a  world  unknown  ? 


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2  A  land  of  deepest  shade, 
Unpierced  by  human  thought; 

The  dreary  regions  of  the  dead. 
Where  all  things  are  forgot! 

3  Soon  as  from  earth  I  go. 
What  will  become  of  me? 

Eternal  happiness  or  woe 
Must  then  my  portion  be. 


168  DEATH   AND    THE 

4  Waked  by  the  trumpet's  sound, 
I  from  my  grave  shall  rise ; 

And  see  the  Judge  with  glory  croAvned, 
And  see  the  flaming  skies ! 

5  Who  can  resolve  the  doubt 
That  tears  my  anxious  breast? 

Shall  I  be  with  the  damned  cast  out, 
Or  numbered  with  the  blest? 

6  I  must  from  God  be  driven. 
Or  with  my  Saviour  dwell  ; 

Must  come  at  his  command  to  heaven, 
Or  else — depart  to  hell. 

265  S.  M.  (675) 
The  end  of  life. 

THOU  that  wouldst  not  have 
One  wretched  sinner  die  ; 
Who  diedst  thyself,  my  soul  to  save 
From  endless  misery ! 

2  Show  me  the  way  to  shun 
Thy  dreadful  wrath  severe ; 

That  when  thou  comest  on  thy  throne, 
I  may  with  joy  appear! 

3  Thou  art  thyself  the  way, 
Thyself  in  me  reveal; 

So  shall  I  spend  my  life's  short  day 
Obedient  to  thy  will: 

4  So  shall  I  love  my  God, 
Because  he  first  loved  me ; 

And  praise  thee  in  thy  bright  abode 
To  all  eternity. 

266  C.  M.  (705) 

The  heavenly  Jerusalem. 

JEEUSALEM,  my  happy  homel 
Name  ever  dear  to  me  1 


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FUTUKE   STATE.  169 

When  shall  my  labors  have  An  end, 
In  joy,  and  peace,  and  thee? 

2  O  Avhen,  thou  city  of  my  God, 
Shall  I  thy  courts  ascend, 

Where  congregations  ne'er  break  up, 
And  Sabbaths  have  no  end? 

3  Why  should  I  shrink  at  pain  and  woe? 
Or  feel  at  death  dismay? 

I've  Canaan's  goodly  land  in  view. 
And  realms  of  endless  day. 

4  Jerusalem !  my  happy  home ! 
My  soul  still  pants  for  thee ; 

Then  shall  my  labors  have  an  end. 
When  I  thy  joys  shall  see. 

267  C.  M.  (703) 

The  heavenly  Canaan. 

THERE  is  a  land  of  pure  delight. 
Where  saints  immortal  reign ; 
Infinite  day  excludes  the  night. 
And  pleasures  banish  pain. 

2  There  everlasting  spring  abides. 
And  never-withering  flowers : 

Death,  like  a  narrow  sea,  divides 
Tills  heavenly  land  from  ours. 

3  Sweet  fields  beyond  the  swelling  flood 
Stand  dressed  in  living  green : 

So  to  the  Jews  old  Canaan  stood. 
While  Jordan  rolled  between. 

4  Could  we  but  climb  v/here  Moses  stood, 
And  view  the  landscaj)e  o'er, 

Not  Jordan's  stream,  nor  death's  cold  flood, 


170  DEATH    AND    THE 

268  C.  M.  (707) 

The  heavenly  Canaan. 

ON  Jordan's  stormy  banks  I  stand, 
And  cast  a  wishful  eye 
To  Canaan's  fair  and  happy  land, 
Where  my  possessions  lie. 

2  O  the  transporting,  rapturous  scene, 
That  rises  to  my  sight! 

Sweet  fields  arrayed  in  living  green, 
And  rivers  of  delight! 

3  There  generous  fruits  that  never  fail 
On  trees  immortal  grow; 

There  rocks,  and  hills,  and  brooks,  and  vales, 
With  milk  and  honey  flow. 

4  All  o'er  those  wide-extended  plains 
Shines  one  eternal  day; 

There  God,  the  Sun,  forever  reigns. 
And  scatters  niglit  away. 

5  No  chilling  winds  nor  poisonous  breath 
Can  reach  that  healthful  shore; 

Sickness  and  sorrow,  pain  and  death. 
Are  felt  and  feared  no  more. 

6  When  shall  I  reach  that  happy  place, 
And  be  forever  blest? 

When  shall  I  see  my  Father's  face, 
And  in  his  bosom  rest? 

7  Filled  with  delight,  my  raptured  soul 
Would  here  no  longer  stay ! 

Though  Jordan's  waves  around  me  roll, 
Fearless  I'd  launch  away. 

269  8,8,6.  (673) 
The  end  of  life. 

AND  am  I  only  born  to  die? 
And  must  I  suddenly  comply 
With  nature's  stern  decree? 


FUTURE   STATE.  171 

What  after  death  for  me  remains? 
Celestial  joys  or  hellish  pains, 
To  all  eternity ! 

2  No  room  for  mirth  or  trifling  here, 
For  worldly  hope  or  worldly  fear, 

If  life  so  soon  is  gone ; 
If  now  the  Judge  is  at  the  door, 
And  all  mankind  must  stand  before 

Th'  inexorable  throne ! 

3  Nothing  is  worth  a  thought  beneath. 
But  how  I  may  escape  the  death 

That  never,  never  dies! 
How  make  mine  own  election  sure. 
And  when  I  fail  on  earth,  secure 

A  mansion  in  the  skies. 

4  Jesus,  vouchsafe  a  pitying  ray. 
Be  thou  my  guide,  be  thou  my  way. 

To  glorious  happiness ! 
Ah  !  write  the  pardon  on  my  heart! 
And  whensoe'er  I  hence  depart, 

Let  me  depart  in  peace ! 

270  7s.  (702) 

Bev.  vii.  13-17. 
HAT  are  these  arrayed  in  white, 
Brighter  than  the  noonday  sun ; 
Foremost  of  the  sons  of  light. 
Nearest  the  eternal  throne? 
Tb.ese  are  they  that  bore  the  cross, 

Nobly  for  their  jMaster  stood ; 
Sufferers  in  his  righteous  cause. 
Followers  of  the  dying  God. 

2  Out  of  great  distress  they  came, 
Washed  their  robes  by  faith  below 

In  the  blood  of  yonder  Lamb, 

Blood  that  washes  white  as  snow ;  • 


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172  DEATH   AND    THE 

Therefore  are  tliey  next  the  throne, 
Serve  their  Maker  day  and  night: 

God  resides  among  his  own, 
God  doth  in  his  saints  delijrht. 


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S71  CM.  (713,715) 

The  full  assurance  of  hope. 
"OW  happy  every  child  of  grace, 
Who  knows  his  sins  forgiven! 
This  earth,  he  cries,  is  not  my  place, 

I  seek  my  place  in  heaven ; 
A  country  far  from  mortal  sight — 

Yet,  Ol  by  faith  I  see 
The  land  of  rest,  the  saints'  delight, 
The  heaven  prepared  for  me. 

2  O  what  a  blessed  hope  is  onrs ! 
While  here  on  earth  we  stay, 

We  more  than  taste  the  heavenly  powers, 

And  antedate  that  day: 
We  feel  the  resurrection  near, 

Our  life  in  Christ  concealed. 
And  with  his  glorious  presence  here 

Our  earthen  vessels  filled. 

3  O  would  he  more  of  heaven  bestow, 
And  let  the  vessels  break, 

And  let  our  ransomed  spirits  go, 

To  grasp  the  God  we  seek; 
In  rapturous  awe  on  him  to  gaze. 

Who  bought  the  sight  for  me, 
And  shout,  and  wonder  at  his  grace, 

To  all  eternity ! 

272  C.  M.  (711, 712) 

Visions  of  heaven. 

AND  let  this  feeble  body  fail. 
And  let  it  droop  or  die: 


FUTURE   STATE.  173 

My  soul  shall  quit  the  mournful  vale, 
And  soar  to  worlds  on  high — 

Shall  join  the  disembodied  saints, 
And  find  its  long-sought  rest, 

That  only  bliss  for  which  it  pants, 
In  my  Redeemer's  breast. 

2  In  hope  of  that  immortal  crown, 
I  now  the  cross  sustain; 

And  gladly  wander  up  and  down, 

And  smile  at  toil  and  pain: 
I  suffer  out  my  three-score  years, 

Till  my  Deliverer  come. 
And  wipe  away  his  servant's  tears, 

And  take  his  exile  home. 

3  O  what  are  all  my  sufferings  here. 
If,  Lord,  thou  count  me  meet 

With  that  enraptured  host  t'  appear, 

And  worship  at  thy  feet! 
Give  joy  or  grief,  give  ease  or  pain — 

Take  life  or  friends  away, 

1  come  to  find  them  all  again 
In  that  eternal  day. 

273  C.  M.  (716) 

The  whole  family  in  heaven  and  earth. 

COME,  let  us  join  our  friends  above, 
That  have  obtained  the  prize; 
And  on  the  eagle  wings  of  love 

To  joys  celestial  rise: 
Let  ail  the  saints  terrestrial  sing, 

With  those  to  glory  gone ; 
For  all  the  servants  of  our  King, 
In  earth  and  heaven,  are  one. 

2  One  ianiily  we  dwell  in  him. 
One  Church  above,  beneath, 

Though  now  divided  by  the  stream, 
The  narrow  stream,  of  death. 


174  DEATH   AND   THE 

One  army  of  the  living  God, 

To  his  command  we  bow ; 
Part  of  his  host  have  crossed  the  flood, 

And  part  are  crossing  now. 

3  Our  old  companions  in  distress 

We  haste  again  to  see, 
And  eager  long  for  our  release 

And  full  felicity : 
E'en  now  by  faith  we  join  our  hands 

With  those  that  went  before, 
And  greet  the  blood-besprinkled  bands 

On  the  eternal  shore. 

274  S.  M.  (347  Z.) 

Forever  with  the  Lord. 

'  '  POKEVER  with  the  Lord ! " 

J}    Amen,  so  let  it  be  : 
Life  from  the  dead  is  in  that  word, 

'Tis  immortality. 
Here,  in  the  body  pent, 

Absent  from  him  I  roam ; 
Yet  nightly  pitch  my  moving  tent  j 

A  day's  march  nearer  home. 

2  My  Father's  house  on  high, 
Home  of  my  soul,  how  near. 

At  times,  to  faith's  foreseeing  eye, 

Thy  golden  gates  appear. 
Yet  clouds  will  intervene, 

And  all  my  prospect  flies: 
Like  Noah's  dove  I  flit  between 

Eough  seas  and  stormy  skies. 

3  Anon  the  clouds  dispart. 
The  winds,  and  waters  cease, 

While  sweetly  o'er  my  gladdened  heart 
Expands  the  bow  of  peace. 


FUTURE   STATE.  175 

Beneath  its  glowing  arch, 
Along  the  hallowed  ground, 

I  see  cherubic  armies  march, 
A  camp  of  fire  around. 

275  lis.  (708) 

"I  would  not  live  alwayJ^ 

I  WOULD  not  live  alway :  I  ask  not  to  stay 
Where  storm  after  storm  rises  dark  o'er  the 
way ; 
The  few  lurid  mornings  that  dawn  on  us  here 
Are  enough  for  life's  woes,  full  enough  for  its 

cheer. 
2  I  would  not  live  alway:    no — welcome  the 

tomb; 
Since  Jesus  hath  lain  there,  I  dread  not  its 

gloom': 
There  sweet  be  my  rest  till  he  bid  me  arise, 
To  hail  him  in  triumph  descending  the  skies. 
8  Who,  who  would  live  alway,  away  from  his 

God, 
Away  from  yon  heaven,  that  blissful  abode, 
Where  the  rivers  of  pleasure  flow  o'er  the  bright 

plains, 
And  the  noontide  of  glory  eternally  reigns : 
4  Where  the  saints  of  all  ages  in  harmony 

meet, 
Their   Saviour  and   brethren   transported    to 

greet ; 
AVhile  the  anthems  of  rapture  unceasingly  roll, 
And  the  smile  of  the  Lord  is  the  feast  of  the 
soul! 

276  8,7.  (513  Z.) 

There  is  rest  for  the  weary. 
"N  tlie  Christian's  home  in  glory, 
There  remains  a  land  of  rest: 


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176  DEATH   Al^B   THE 

There  my  Saviour 's  gone  before  me, 
To  fulfill  my  soul's  request. 

Chorus. — There  is  rest  for  the  weary- 
There  is  rest  for  the  weary — 
There  is  rest  for  the  weary — 

There  is  rest  for  you — 
On  the  otlier  side  of  Jordan, 
In  the  sweet  fields  of  Eden, 
Wliere  the  tree  of  life  is  blooming — 

There  is  rest  for  you. 

2  He  is  fitting  up  my  mansion, 

Which  eternally  shall  stand, 
Tov  my  stay  shall  not  be  transient 

In  that  holy^  happy  land. 

o  Pain  and  sickness  ne'er  shall  enter, 
Grief  nor  woe  my  lot  shall  share. 

But,  in  that  celestial  center, 
I  a  crown  of  life  shall  wear. 

4  Death  itself  sliall  there  be  vanished, 
And  his  sting  shall  be  withdrawn; 

Shout  for  gladness,  O  ye  ransomed, 
Hail  with  joy  the  rising  dawn! 

5  Sing,  O  sing,  ye  heirs  of  glory — 
Shout  your  triumphs  as  ye  go ; 

Zion's  gates  will  open  for  you, 

Ye  shall  find  an  entrance  through. 

277  13,11.  (731) 

Funeral  of  a  Christian. 

THOU  art  gone  to  the  grave — but  we  will  not 
deplore  thee: 
Thougli  sorrows  and  darkness  encompass  the 
tomb. 


FUTURE   STATE.  177 

Thy  Saviour  has  passed  through  its  portal  be- 
fore thee, 
And  the  lamp  of  his  love  is  thy  guide  through 
the  gloom. 

2  Thou  art  gone  to  the  grave — we  no  longer 

behold  thee, 

Nor  tread  the  rough  paths  of  the  world  by 
thy  side ; 
But  the  wide  arms  of  mercy,  are  spread  to  en- 
fold thee. 

And  sinners  may  die  since  the  Sinless  has 
died. 

3  Thou  art  gone  to  the  grave — and  its  man- 

sion forsaking, 
Perchance  thy  weak  spirit  in  fear  lingered 

long; 
But  the  mild  rays  of  paradise  beamed  on  thy 

waking, 
And  the  sound  which  thou  heardst  was  the 

seraphim's  song. 

4  Thou  art  gone  to  the  grave — but  we  ^vill  not 

deplore  thee. 

Whose  God  was  thy  ransom,  thy  guardian, 
and  guide ; 
He  gave  thee ;  he  took  thee ;  and  he  will  re- 
store thee ; 

And  death  has  no  sting,  for  the  Saviour  lias 
died. 

278.  S.  M.  (739) 

Funeral  of  an  aged  minister. 

^^  HEKVANT  of  God,  we-11  done! 
kj  Rest  from  thy  loved  employ ; 
The  battle  fought,  the  victory  won, 
Enter  thy  Master's  joy." 


178  FUTURE   STATE. 

2  The  voice  at  midnight  came  ; 
He  started  up  to  hear ; 

A  mortal  arrow  pierced  his  frame: 
He  fell;  but  felt  no  fear. 

3  The  pains  of  death  are  past, 
Labor  and  sorrow  cease ; 

And,  life's  long  warfare  closed  at  last. 
His  soul  is  found  in  peace. 

4  Soldier  of  Qhrist,  well  done ! 
Praise  be  thy  new  employ ; 

And  while  eternal  ages  run, 
Eest  in  thy  Saviour's  joy. 


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279  S.  M.  (524  Z.) 

Nearing  the  end. 

iNE  sweetly  solemn  thought 
Comes  to  me  o'er  and  o'er: 
Nearer  my  parting  hour  am  I 
Than  e'er  I  was  before. 

2  Nearer  my  Fatlier's  house. 
Where  many  mansions  be ; 

Nearer  the  throne  where  Jesus  reigns — 
Nearer  the  crystal  sea  ; 

3  Nearer  my  going  home, 
Laying  my  burden  down. 

Leaving  my  cross  of  heavy  grief, 
Wearing  my  starry  croAvn ; 

4  Nearer  that  hidden  stream. 
Winding  through  shades  of  night, 

Eolling  its  cold,  dark  waves  between 
Me  and  the  world  of  light. 

5  Jesus !  -to  thee  I  cling : 
Strengthen  my  arm  of  faith ; 

Stay  near  me  while  my  way-worn  feet 
Press  through  the  stream  of  death. 


MISSIONS.  179 

SECTION  IX. 

Special  Occasions. 

1.  MISSIONS. 

280  L.  M.  (741) 

Psalm  Ixxii. 

JESUS  shall  reign  where'er  the  sun 
Does  his  successive  journeys  run  ; 
His  kingdom  stretch  from  shore  to  shore, 
Till  moons  shall  wax  and  wane  no  more. 

2  From  north  to  south  the  princes  meet 
To  pay  their  homage  at  his  feet ; 
While  western  empires  own  their  Lord, 
And  savage  tribes  attend  his  word. 

3  For  him  shall  endless  prayer  be  made, 
And  endless  praises  crown  his  head ; 
His  name,  like  sweet  perfume,  shall  rise 
With  every  morning  sacrifice. 

4  People  and  realms,  of  every  tongue. 
Dwell  on  his  love  with  sweetest  song. 
And  infant  voices  shall  proclaim 
Their  early  blessings  on  his  name. 

5  Blessings  abound  where'er  he  reigns, 
The  prisoner  leaps  to  loose  his  chains, 
Tlie  weary  find  eternal  rest. 

And  all  the  sons  of  want  are  blessed. 

6  Where  he  displays  iiis  healing  power. 
Death  and  the  curse  are  known  no  more; 
In  him  the  tribes  of  Adam  boast 

More  blessings  than  their  father  lost. 


180  SPECIAL   OCCASIOXS. 

7  Let  every  creature  rise  and  bring 
Peculiar  honors  to  our  King; 
Angels  descend  with  songs  again, 
And  earth  rejpeat  the  long  Amen! 

Q81  L.  M.  (744) 

Psalm  cxvii. 

FEOM  all  that  dwell  below  the  skies, 
Let  the  Creator's  praise  arise; 
Let  the  Redeemer's  name  be  sung 
Through  every  land,  by  every  tongue. 

2  Eternal  are  thy  mercies,  Lord, 
Eternal  truth  attends  thy  word; 
Thy  praise  shall  sound  from  shore  to  shore 
Till  suns  shall  rise  and  set  no  more. 


282  8,7,4. 

Isa.  lii.  7. 

ON  the  mountain's  top  appearing, 
Lo,  the  sacred  herald  stands, 
Welcome  news  to  Zion  bearing, 
Zion  long  in  liostile  lands : 

Mourning  captive, 
God  himself  will  loose  thy  bands. 

2  Has  thy  night  been  long  and  mournful, 
All  tliy  friends  unfaithful  proved? 

Have  thy  foes  been  proud  and  scornful, 
By  thy  sighs  and  tears  unmoved? 

Cease  thy  mourning, 
Zion  still  is  Avell  beloved. 

3  God,  thy  God,  will  now  restore  thee ! 
He  himself  appeals  thy  friend : 

All  thy  foes  shall  flee  before  thee, 
Here  their  boasts  and  triumphs  end : 

Great  deliverance 
Zion's  King  vouchsafes  to  send. 


MISSIONS.  181 

283  8,7,8,7,4,7.  (756) 

Spread  of  the  (jospel. 

O'ER  the  gloomy  hills  of  darkness, 
Look,  my  soul,  be  still  and  gaze, 
All  thy  promises  do  travail 
"With  a  glorious  day  of  grace : 

Blessed  jubilee, 
Let  thy  glorious  morning  dawn ! 

2  Kingdoms  wide  that  sit  in  darkness, 
Grant  them,  Lord,  the  glorious  light. 

And  from  eastern  coast  to  western, 
May  the  morning  chase  the  night ; 

And  redemption. 
Freely  purchased,  win  the  day. 

3  Fly  abroad,  thou  mighty  gospel ; 
Win  and  conquer,  never  cease ; 

May  thy  lasting,  wide  dominions 
Multiply,  and  still  increase; 

Sway  thy  scepter, 
Saviour,  all  the  world  around. 

Q84  7s.  (767) 

Success. 
EE  how  great  a  flame  aspires, 
Kindled  by  a  spark  of  grace ! 
Jesus'  love  the  nations  fires, 

Sets  the  kingdoms  on  a  blaze. 
To  bring  fire  on  earth  he  came ; 
Kindled  in  some  hearts  it  is : 
O  that  all  might  catch  the  flame, 
All  partake  tlie  glorious  bliss ! 

2  When  he  first  the  work  begun, 
Small  and  feeble  was  his  day : 

Kow  the  word  doth  swiftly  run, 
Now  it  wins  its  widening  way: 


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182  SPECIAL   OCCASIONS. 

More  and  more  it  spreads  and  grows, 

Ever  mighty  to  prevail ; 
Sin's  strongholds  it  now  o'erthrows, 

Shakes  the  trembling  gates  of  hell. 

3  Saw  ve  not  the  cloud  arise, 

Little  as  a  human  hand? 
Now  it  spreads  along  the  skies, 

Hangs  o'er  all  the  thirsty  land; 
Lo !  the  promise  of  a  shower 

Drops  already  from  above ; 
But  the  Lord  will  shortly  pour 

All  the  Spirit  of  his  love. 


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285  7s.  (765) 

"Watchman,  what  of  the  night  f 

ATCHMAN,  tell  us  of  the  night. 
What  its  signs  of  promise  are. 
Traveler,  o'er  yon  mountain's  height, 

See  that  glory-beaming  star. 
Watchman,  does  its  beauteous  ray 
Aught  of  hope  or  joy  foretell? 
Traveler,  yes ;  it  brings  the  day, 
Promised  day  of  Israel. 

2  Watchman,  tell  us  of  the  night: 
Higher  yet  that  star  ascends. 

Traveler,  blessedness  and  light, 

Peace  and  truth,  its  course  portends. 

Watchman,  will  its  beams  alone 

Gild  the  spot  that  gave  them  birth? 

Traveler,  ages  are  its  own ; 

See !  it  bursts  o'er  all  the  earth. 

3  Watchman,  tell  us  of  the  night. 
For  the  morning  seems  to  dawn. 

Traveler,  darkness  takes  its  flight, 
Doubt  and  terror  are  withdrawn. 


MISSIONS.  183 

"Watchman,  let  tliy  wanderings  cease ; 

Hie  thee  to  thy  quiet  home. 
Traveler,  lo !  the  Prince  of  peace, 

Lo!  the  Son  of  God  is  come. 

Q86  7,6,7,6.  (760) 

"Come  over — and  help  us  I" 

FEOM  Greenland's  icy  mountains,  » 

From  India's  coral  strand ; 
Yrhere  Afric's  sunny  fountains 
Roll  down  their  golden  sand ; 
From  many  an  ancient  river, 
From  many  a  palmy  plain, 
They  call  us  to  deliver 

Tiieir  land  from  error's  chain. 

2  What  though  the  spicy  breezes 
Blow  soft  o'er  Ceylon's  isle, 

Though  every  prospect  pleases, 

And  only  man  is  vile: 
In  vain  with  lavish  kindness 

The  gifts  of  God  are  strown ; 
The  heathen  in  his  blindness 

Bows  down  to  wood  and  stone. 

3  Shall  we  whose  souls  are  lighted 
AVith  wisdom  from  on  high, 

Sliall  we  to  men  benighted 

The  lamp  of  life  deny? 
Salvation !  O  salvation ! 

The  joyful  sound  proclaim. 
Till  earth's  remotest  nation 

Has  learned  Messiah's  name. 

4  Waft,  waft,  ye  winds,  his  storj, 
And  you,  ye  waters,  roll, 

TiU,  like  a  sea  of  glory, 

it  spreads  from  pole  to  pole: 


184  SPECIAL   OCCASIONS. 

Till  o'er  our  ransomed  nature 
The  Lamb  for  sinners  slain, 

Redeemer,  King,  Creator, 
In  bliss  returns  to  reign. 

2.  BIBLE. 

287  L.  M.  (770) 
Psalm  xix. 

THE  heavens  declare  thy  glory.  Lord, 
In  every  star  thy  wisdom  shines ; 
But  when  our  eyes  behold  thy  word. 
We  read  thy  name  in  fairer  lines. 

2  The  rolling  sun,  the  changing  light, 
And  night  and  day,  thy  power  confess ; 

But  the  blest  volume  thou  hast  writ, 
Reveals  thy  justice  and  thy  grace. 

3  Sun,  moon,  and  stars,  convey  thy  praise 
Round  the  whole  earth,  and  never  stand  ; 

So  when  thy  truth  began  its  race, 

It  touched  and  glanced  on  every  land. 

4  Nor  shall  thy  spreading  gospel  rest, 

Till  through  the  world  tliy  truth  lias  run : 
Till  Christ  has  all  the  nations  blessed, 
That  see  the  light,  or  feel  tlie  sun. 

5  Great  Sun  of  righteousness,  arise! 

Bless  the  dark  Avorld  with  heavenly  liglit: 
Thy  gospel  makes  the  simple  Avise : 

Tliy  lav\^s  are  pure,  thy  judgments  right. 

288  ■  C.  M.  (771) 

Psalm  cxix. 

HOW  shall  the  young  secure  their  hearts, 
And  guard  their  lives  from  sin? 
Thy  word  the  choicest  rule  imparts 
To  keep  the  conscience  clean. 


ERECTION    OF    CHURCHES.  185 

2  When  once  it  enters  to  tlie  mind, 
It  spreads  such  light  abroad, 

The  meanest  souls  instruction  tind, 
And  raise  their  thoughts  to  God. 

3  'T  is  like  the  sun,  a  heavenly  light, 
That  guides  us  all  the  day ; 

And  through  the  dangers  of  the  night, 
A  lamp  to  lead  our  way. 

4  Thy  word  is  everlasting  truth; 
How  pure  is  every  page ! 

That  holy  book  shall  guide  our  youth, 
And  well  support  our  age. 

289  L.  M.  (772) 
Excellence  of  God's  ivovd. 

LET  everlasting  glories  crown 
Thy  head,  my  Saviour,  and  my  Lord ; 
Thy  hands  have  brought  salvation  down, 
And  writ  the  blessings  in  thy  word. 

2  In  vain  the  trembling  conscience  seeks 
Some  solid  ground  to  rest  upon ; 

With  long  despair  the  spirit  breaks, 
Till  Ave  apply  to  Christ  alone. 

3  How  well  thy  blessed  truths  agree ! 
How  wise  and  holy  thy  commands ! 

Thy  promises,  how  firm  they  be ! 

How  firm  our  hope,  our  comfort,  stands ! 

4  Should  all  the  forms  that  men  devise 
Assault  my  faith  with  treacherous  art, 

I  'd  call  them  vanity  and  lies, 
And  bind  the  gospel  to  my  heart. 

3.  ERECTION  OF  CHURCHES. 

290  L.  M.  (786) 
Psalm  Ixxxvii. 

AND  will  the  great,  eternal  God, 
On  earth  establish  his  abode? 


186  SPECIAL   OCCASIONS. 

And  will  he  from  his  radiant  throne, 
Avow  our  temple  for  his  own? 

2  We  bring  the  tribute  of  our  praise ; 
And  sing  that  condescending  grace, 
Which  to  our  notes  will  lend  an  ear, 
And  call  us  sinful  mortals  near. 

3  These  Avails  we  to  thy  honor  raise. 
Long  may  they  echo  to  thy  praise ; 
And  thou,  descending,  fill  the  place 
With  choicest  tokens  of  thy  grace. 

4  And  in  the  great,  decisive  day, 
Wlien  God  the  nations  shall  survey, 
May  it  before  the  world  appear 
That  crowds  were  born  to  glory  here ! 

291  C.  M.  (782) 

Fsalm  cxviii.  22,  23. 

BEHOLD  the  sure  foundation-stone 
Which  God  in  Zion  lays. 
To  build  our  he'avenly  hopes  u^Don, 
And  his  eternal  praise. 

2  Chosen  of  God,  to  sinners  dear. 
We  now  adore  thy  name  ; 

We  trust  our  whole  salvation  here, 
Nor  can  we  sufier  shame. 

3  The  foolish  builders,  scribe  and  priest, 
Keject  it  with  disdain; 

Yet  on  this  Rock  the  Church  shall  rest, 
And  envy  rage  in  vain. 

.    4  What  though  the  gates  of  hell  withstood, 
Yet  must  this  building  rise: 
'T  is  thine  own  work,  Almighty  God, 
And  AV'ondrous  in  our  eyes. 


EDUCATION    OF    YOUTH.  187 

S92  S-  M.  (788) 

Psalm  xlviii. 

GEEAT  is  the  Lord  our  God, 
And  let  his  praise  be  great ; 
He  makes  his  churches  his  abode, 
His  most  delightful  seat. 

2  These  temples  of  his  grace, 

How  beautiful  they  stand !  ♦ 

The  honors  of  our  native  place. 
And  bulwarks  of  our  land. 

3  In  Sion  God  is  known 
A  refuge  in  distress : 

How  bright  has  his  salvation  shone 
Through  all  her  palaces ! 

4  In  every  new  distress 
We'll  to  his  house  repair; 

We'll  think  upon  his  wondrous  grace, 
And  seek  deliverance  there. 

4.  EDUCATION  OF  YOUTH. 

293  L.  M. 

Laying  a  cornfT-stone  of  an  institution. 

ALMIGHTY  God,  we  to  thy  praise, 
And  in  thy  name,  this  ])uilding  raise; 
Here  sliall  thy  wondrous  works  be  shown, 
And  here  thy  sovereign  will  made  known. 

2  Science  and  Revelation  here 
In  perfect  liarmony  appear, 
Guiding  young  feet  along  the  road, 
Through  grace  and  nature  up  to  God. 

3  Sons  of  the  prophets  here  sliall  be 
Taught  in  thy  way  more  perfectly, 
TJiat  others  they  in  turn  may  teach 
The  mysteries  t'hey  are  called  to  preacli. 


188  SPECIAL   OCCASIONS. 

4  In  thy  great  name,  0  Lord,  alone, 
We  this  day  lay  our  corner-stone : 
O  let  t]iy  work  to  us  appear — 

Thy  glory  to  our  seed  declare ! 

5  Praise  to  the  Father,  and  the  Son, 
And  Holy  Spirit — three  in  one ; 

As  'twas  of  old,  is  now,  shall  be, 
Ascribed  to  all  eternity ! 


^Jv 


Q94  L.  M. 

Commencement  ode. 

ATHER  of  lights !  with  one  accord, 
jj    Thy  works  and  word  proclaim  thee  Lord- 
Reveal  thy  wisdom,  power,  and  love, 
To  all  around,  beneath,  above. 

2  By  faith  and  science  here  we  trace 
Thee,  God  of  nature,  and  of  grace: 
Though  dimly  seen,  yet  seen  art  thou— 
Father  of  lights !  we  see  thee  noAV ! 

3  But  when  Ave  gain  that  world  of  bliss. 
Where  faith  and  science  both  shall  cease, 
Where  floods  of  light  burst  from  thy  throne, 
Then  shall  we  know  as  we  are  known. 

4  Jehovah  Elohim  !  to  thee — 
In  essence  one,  in  persons  three — 

With  bounding  heart,  and  tuneful  tongue, 
We  raise  our  glad  Commencement-song! 

3.95  6,6,4,6,6,6,4. 

I  Commencement  ode. 

jT^ATHER  of  lights!  thy  name 
Jj    This  glad  day  we  proclaim. 
With  boundino:  heart: 


EDUCATION   OF   YOUTH.  189 

Ancient  of  endless  days, 
Thy  works  declare  thy  praise — 
Thy  word,  with  brighter  rays, 
Shows  what  thou  art. 

2  Open  our  eyes  that  we 
Thy  glory,  Lord,  may  see 

In  thy  own  light: 
That  glory  may  we  trace 
In  all  the  truth  and  grace, 
Which  beams  in  Jesus'  face — 

Transporting  sight ! 

3  Hear  us.  Lord  God  of  trutli. 
Shine  forth  upon  our  youth — 

We  humbly  pray: 
Let  them  thy  influence  prove — 
Spirit  of  light  and  love. 
Beam  on  them  from  above 

This  festal  day! 

296  C.  M.  (800) 

For  an  orphan  asylum. 

FATHEE  of  mercies,  hear  our  prayers 
For  those  that  do  us  good, 
Whose  love  for  us  a  place  prepares, 
And  gives  the  orphans  food. 

2  Their  alms  in  blessings  on  their  head 
A  thousand-fold  restore ; 

O  feed  their  souls  with  living  bread. 
And  let  their  cup  run  o'er! 

3  Forever  in  thy  Christ  built  up, 
Thy  bounty  let  them  prove ; 

Steadfast  in  faith,  joyful  through  hope, 
And  rooted  deep  in  love. 

4  For  those  wlio  kindly  founded  this, 
A  better  house  prepare ; 

Remove  them  to  thy  heavenly  bliss, 
And  let  us  uieet  them  tliere. 


190  SPECIAL   OCCASIONS. 

5.  THE  SEASONS. 

297  10,5,11.  (803) 

New-year's-day. 

COME,  let  us  anew  Our  journey  pursue, 
Eoll  round  Avitli  the  year, 
A  nd  never  stand  still  till  the  Master  appear ! 
His  adorable  will  Let  us  gladly  fulfill, 

And  our  talents  improve, 
By  the  patience  of  hope,  and  the  labor  of  love. 

2  Oar  life  is  a  dream ;  Our  time,  as  a  stream, 

Glides  swiftly  away ; 
And  the  fugitive  moment  refuses  to  stay.   ^ 
The  arrow  is  flown,  The  moment  is  gone ; 

The  millennial  year 
Rushes  on  to  our  view,  and  eternity 's  here. 

3  O  that  each  in  the  day  Of  his  coming  may  say, 

"  I  have  fought  my  way  through ; 
I  have  finished  the  work  thou  didst  give  me 

to  do!" 
O  that  each  from  his  Lord  May  receive  the 
glad  word, 
"Well  and  faithfully  done! 
Enter  into  my  joy,  and  sit  down  on  my  throne." 

298  C.  M.  (808) 

New-year'' s-day. 

QING  to  the  great  Jehovah's  praise! 
iO  All  praise  to  him  belongs, 
Who  kindly  lengthens  out  our  days, 

Demands  our  choicest  songs : 
His  providence  hath  brought  us  through 

Another  various  year  ; 
We  all  with  vows  and  anthems  new 

Before  our  God  appear. 


THE   SEASONS.  191 

2  Father,  thy  mercies  past  we  own, 
Thy  still  continued  care  ; 

To  thee  presenting,  through  thy  Son, 

Whate'er  we  have  or  are: 
Our  lips  and  lives  shall  gladly  show 

The  wonders  of  thy  love, 
While  on  in  Jesus'  steps  we  go 

To  seek  thy  face  above. 

3  Our  residue  of  days  or  hours, 
Thine,  wholly  thine,  shall  be ; 

And  all  our  consecrated  powers 

A  sacrifice  to  thee ; 
Till  Jesus  in  the  clouds  appear 

To  saints  on  earth  forgiven, 
And  bring  the  grand  sabbatic  year, 

The  jubilee  of  heaven. 

Q99  S.  M.  (824) 

Watch-night. 

THOU  Judge  of  quick  and  dead, 
Before  whose  bar  severe. 
With  holy  joy,  or  guilty  dread. 
We  all  shall  soon  appear, 

2  Our  cautioned  souls  prepare 
For  that  tremendous  day, 

And  fill  us  now  with  watchful  care, 
And  stir  us  up  to  pray. 

3  O  may  we  thus  be  found. 
Obedient  to  his  word ; 

Attentive  to  the  trumpet's  sound, 
And  looking  for  our  Lord! 

4  O  may  we  thus  insure 
A  lot  among  the  blest; 

And  watch  a  moment  to  secure 
An  everlasting  rest! 


192  SPECIAL   OCCASIOXS. 

300  C.  M.  (828) 

Renewing  the  covenant. 

COME,  let  us  use  the  grace  divine, 
And  all,  with  one  accord, 
In  a  perpetual  covenant  join 
Ourselves  to  Christ  the  Lord : 

2  Give  up  ourselves,  through  Jesus'  power, 
His  name  to  glorify; 

And  promise,  in  this  sacred  hour. 
For  God  to  live  and  die. 

3  The  covenant  we  this  moment  make, 
Be  ever  kept  in  mind : 

We  will  no  more  our  God  forsake, 
Or  cast  his  words  behind. 

4  We  never  will  throw  off  his  fear, 
Who  hears  our  solemn  vow ; 

And  if  thou  art  well  pleased  to  hear, 
.     Come  down,  and  meet  us  now! 

5  Thee,  Father,  Son,  and  Holy  Ghost, 
Let  all  our  hearts  receive ; 

Present  with  the  celestial  host. 
The  peaceful  answer  give. 

6  To  each  the  covenant  blood  apply, 
Which  takes  our  sins  away ; 

And  register  our  names  on  high. 
And  keep  us  to  that  day. 


301  C.  M.  (821) 

End  of  the  year. 

ND  now,  my  soul,  another  year 
Of  thy  short  life  is  past ; 

1  cannot  long  continue  here, 
And  this  may  be  my  last. 

2  Awake,  my  soul !  with  utmost  care 
Thy  true  condition  learn: 


A 


NATIONAL   SOLEMNITIES.  193 

Wliat  are  thy  hopes?  how  sure?  how  fair? 
What  is  thy  great  concern  ? 

3  Beliold,  another  year  begins ! 
Set  out  afresh  for  heaven; 

vSeek  pardon  for  thy  former  sins, 
In  Christ  so  freely  given. 

4  Devoutly  yield  thyself  to  God, 
And  on  his  grace  depend  ; 

With  zeal  pursue  the  heavenly  road, 
Nor  doubt  a  happy  end. 

6.  NATIONAL  SOLEMNITIES. 

302  L.  M.  (830) 
Public  fast.     Ezek.  ix.  4-6. 

OEIGHTEOUS  God,  thou  Judge  supreme, 
We  tremble  at  thy  dreadful  name ! 
And  all  our  crying  guilt  we  own, 
In  dust  and  tears,  before  thy  throne. 

2  Justly  might  this  polluted  land 
Prove  all  the  vengeance  of  thy  hand ; 

And,  bathed  in  heaven,  thy  sword  might  come, 
To  drink  our  blood,  and  seal  our  doom. 

3  Yet  hast  thou  not  a  remnant  here. 
Whose  souls  are  filled  with  pious  fear? 
O  bring  thy  wonted  mercy  nigh. 
While  prostrate  at  thy  feet  they  lie ! 

4  Behold  their  tears,  attend  their  moan, 
Nor  turn  away  their  secret  groan : 
With  these  we  join  our  humble  prayer, 
Our  nation  shield,  our  country  spare. 

303  S.  M.  (855) 
General  thanksgiving. 

THROUGH  all  the  lofty  sky. 
Through  all  th'  inferior  ground, 


194  SPECIAL   OCCASIONS. 

Th'  Almighty  Maker  sliines  confessed, 
And  pours  his  blessings  round. 

2  Each  year  the  teeming  earth 
Witli  flowers  and  fruits  is  crowned; 

And  grass,  and  herbs,  and  harvests,  grow, 
And  send  their  joys  around. 

3  The  world  of  waters  yields 
A  rich  sup})ly  of  food, 

And  distant  lands  their  treasures  send 
Upon  the  rolling  flood. 

4  To  serve  and  bless  our  land 
The  elements  conspire ; 

And  mercies  mix  themselves  with  earth, 
With  ocean,  air,  and  fire. 

5  O  that  the  sons  of  men 

To  God  their  songs  would  raise. 
And  celebrate  his  power  and  love 
In  never-ceasing  praise! 

304  L.  M.  ^856) 

General  thanksgiving. 

WE  thank  thee,  Lord  of  heaven  and  earth. 
Who  hast  preserved  us  from  our  birth; 
Eedeemed  us  oft  from  death  and  dread. 
And  with  thy  gifts  our  table  spread. 

2  We  thank  thee  for  thy  still  small  voice, 
Which  oft  has  checked  our  wayward  choice; 
For  life  preserved,  for  senses  clear. 

And  for  our  friendships,  doubly  dear. 

3  Thy  providence  has  been  our  stay, 
When  other  helps  w^ere  far  away; 

Our  constant  guide  through  every  stage, 
From  infancy  to  riper  age. 


ON   A  VOYAGE.  195 

4  How  shall  we  half  our  task  fulfill  ? 
We  thank  thee  for  thy  mind  and  will, 
For  present  joys,  for  blessings  past, 
And  for  the  hope  of  heaven  at  last. 

7.  ON  A  VOYAGE. 

305  7s.  (857) 

Psalm  cvii.  23-32. 

LORD,  whom  winds  and  seas  obey, 
Guide  us  through  the  watery  way; 
In  the  hollow  of  thy  hand 
Hide,  and  bring  us  safe  to  land. 

2  Jesus,  let  our  faithful  mind 
Eest,  on  thee  alone  reclined  ; 
Every  anxious  thought  repress, 
Keep  our  souls  in  perfect  peace. 

3  Keep  the  souls  Avhom  now  we  leave; 
Bid  them  to  each  other  cleave; 

Bid  them  walk  on  life's  rough  rea; 
Bid  them  come  by  faith  to  thee. 

4  Save,  till  all  these  tempests  end, 
All  who  on  thy  love  depend : 
Waft  our  happy  spirits  o'er; 
Land  us  on  the  heavenlv  shore. 


PAET  II. 

For  Social  Worship. 

SECTION  I. 

Communion  of  Saints. 

306  S.  M.  (869) 

Opening  the  exercises. 

JESUS,  we  look  to  thee, 
Thy  promised  presence  claim; 
Thou  in  the  midst  of  us  shalt  be, 

Assembled  in  thy  name: 
Thy  name  salvation  is, 

AVhich  here  "\ve  come  to  prove; 
Thy  name  is  life,  and  health,  and  peace, 
And  everlasting  love. 

2  Not  in  the  name  of  pride 
Or  selfishness  we  meet; 

From  nature's  paths  we  turn  aside, 
And  worldly  thoughts  forget: 

We  meet  tlie  grace  to  take 

Which  thou  hast  freely  given ; 

We  meet  on  earth  for  thy  dear  sake. 
That  we  may  meet  in  heaven. 

3  Present  we  know  thou  art; 
But  O  thyself  reveal ! 

Now,  Lord,  let  every  bounding  heart 

The  mighty  comfort  feel ! 
O  may  thy  quickening  voice 

The  death  of  sin  remove, 
And  bid  our  inmost  souls  rejoice 

In  hope  of  perfect  love ! 

(196) 


COMMUNION    OF    SAINTS.  197 

307  C.  M.  (872) 
Opening  the  exercises. 

ALL  praise  to  our  redeeming  Lord, 
Who  joins  us  by  ]iis  grace, 
And  bids  ns,  each  to  each  restored, 
Together  seek  his  face. 

2  He  bids  us  build  each  other  up ; 
And,  gathered  into  one. 

To  our  high  calling's  glorious  hope 
We  hand  in  hand  go  on. 

3  The  gift  which  he  on  one  bestows, 
We  all  delight  to  prove; 

The  grace  through  every  vessel  flows, 
In  purest  streams  of  love. 

4  And  if  our  felloAVship  below 
In  Jesus  be  so  sweet, 

What  heights  of  rapture  shall  we  knoAV 
When  round  his  throne  we  meet! 

308  C.  M.  (886) 

Joining  the  Church. —  The  vow. 

ITNESS,  ye  men  and  angels,  now. 
Before  the  Lord  we  speak ; 
To  him  we  make  our  solenm  vow, 
A  vow  we  dare  not  break — 


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2  That  long  as  life  itself  shall  last, 
Ourselves  to  Christ  we  yield; 

Nor  from  his  cause  will  we  depart. 
Or  ever  quit  the  held. 

3  We  trust  not  in  our  native  strength, 
But  on  his  grace  rely, 

That  with  returning  wants,  the  Lord 
Will  all  our  need  supply. 


198  COMMUNION    OF    SAINTS.  ' 

4  O  guide  our  doubtful  feet  aright, 

And  keep  us  in  tliy  ways; 
And  while  we  turn  our  vows  to  prayers, 

Turn  thou  our  prayers  to  praise ! 

309  C.  M.  (893) 

United  in  Christ. 

JESUS,  united  by  thy  grace, 
And  each  to  each  endeared, 
With  confidence  we  seek  thy  face, 
And  know  our  prayer  is  heard. 

2  Still  let  us  own  our  common  Lord, 
AiTd  bear  tliine  easy  yoke; 

A  band  of  love,  a  threefold  cord, 
Which  never  can  be  broke. 

3  Touclied  by  the  loadstone  of  thy  love. 
Let  all  our  hearts  agree  ; 

And  ever  toward  each  other  move, 
And  ever  move  toward  thee. 

4  To  thee  inseparably  joined. 
Let  all  our  spirits  cleave : 

O  may  we  all  the  loving  mind 
That  was  in  thee  receive  ! 

5  Grant  this,  and  then  from  all  below 
Insensibly  remove : 

Our  souls  the  change  shall  scarcely  know 
Made  perfect  first  in  love ! 

310  CM.  (888) 

"Ye  are  come  unto  Mount  Sion." 

HAPPY  the  souls  to  Jesus  joined, 
And  saved  by  gra^^e  alone: 
Walking  in  all  his  ways,  they  find 
Their  heaven  on  earth  begun. 


COMMUNION   OF   SAINTS.  199 

2  Tlie  Churcli  trinraphant  in  thy  love, 
Their  mighty  joys  we  know: 

They  sing  the  Lamb  in  hymns  above, 
And  we  in  hymns  below. 

3  Tliee,  in  thy  glorious  realm,  they  praise, 
And  bow  before  thy  throne; 

We,  in  the  kingdom  of  thy  grace — 
The  kingdoms  are  but  one. 

>         4  Tlie  holy  to  the  holiest  leads: 
From  thence  our  spirits  rise; 
And  lie  tliat  in  thy  statutes  treads, 
Shall  meet  thee  in  the  skies. 

311  C.  M.  (892) 

Safety  in  union. 

JESUS,  great  Shepherd  of  the  sheep, 
To  tliee  for  help  we  fly: 
Thy  little  flock  in  safety  keep ! 
For  O,  the  wolf  is  nigh ! 

2  He  comes,  of  hellish  malice  full, 
To  scatter,  tear,  and  slay ; 

He  seizes  every  straggling  soul  ^ 

As  his  own  lawful  prey. 

3  Us  into  thy  protection  take, 
And  gather  with  thy  arm : 

Unless  the  fold  we  first  forsake, 
The  wolf  can  never  harm. 

4  We  laugh  to  scorn  his  cruel  power, 
While  by  our  Shepherd's  side: 

The  sheep  lie  never  can  devour. 
Unless  he  first  divide. 

5  Together  let  us  sweetly  live. 
Together  let  us  die ; 

And  each  a  starry  crown  receive, 
And  reign  above  the  sky. 


200  COMMUNION   OF   SAINTS. 

313  S.  M.  (887) 

Fsahn  cxxxvii.  5,  6. 

I  LOVE  thy  kingdom,  Lord, 
The  house  of  thine  abode. 
The  Church  bur  blest  Eedeemer  bought 
With  his  own  precious  blood. 

2  I  love  thy  Church,  O  God ! 

Her  walls  before  thee  stand,  < 

Dear  as  the  apple  of  thine  eye,   . 
And  graven  on  thy  hand. 

3  For  her  my  tears  shall  fall. 
For  her  my  prayers  ascend ; 

To  her  my  cares  and  toils  be  given, 
Till  toils  and  cares  shall  end. 

4  Beyond  my  highest  joy 

I  prize  her  heavenly  ways. 
Her  sweet  communion,  solemn  vows. 
Her  hymns  of  love  and  praise. 

313  L.  M.  (1011) 

Eucharistic  vow. 

0  HAPPY  day  that  fixed  my  choice 
On  thee,  my  Saviour  and  my  God  ! 
Well  may  this  glowing  heart  rejoice. 
And  tell  its  raptures  all  abroad. 

2  O  happy  bond  that  seals  my  vows 
To  him  who  merits  all  my  love! 

Let  clieerful  anthems  fill  his  house, 
W^liile  to  that  sacred  shrine  I  move. 

3  'Tis  done:  the  great  transaction's  done! 
I  am  my  Lord's,  and  he  is  mine; 

He  drew  me,  and  T  followed  on. 

Charmed  to  confess  the  voice  divine. 


COMMUNION    OF    SAINTS.  201 

4  High  Heaven  that  heard  the  solemn  vow, 
That  vow  renewed  shall  daily  hear, 

Till  in  life's  latest  hour  I  bow, 
And  bless  in  deatli  a  bond  so  dear. 

314  7s.  (877,878) 

Love-feast. 

COME,  and  let  us  sweetly  join, 
Christ  to  praise  in  hymns  divine! 
Give  Ave  all  with  one  accord 
Glory  to  our  common  Lord ; 
Hands,  and  liearts,  and  voices,  raise; 
Sing  as  in  the  ancient  days; 
Antedate  tlie  joys  above; 
Celebrate  the  feast  of  love. 

2  Strive  we,  in  affection  strive: 
Let  the  purer  flame  revive, 
Such  as  in  the  martyrs  glowed, 
Dying  champions  for  their  God. 
We  for  Christ,  our  Master,  stand, 
Lights  in  a  benighted  land ; 

We  our  dying  Lord  confess, 
We  are  Jesus'  witnesses. 

3  Jesus,  we  thy  promise  claim: 
We  are  met  in  thy  great  name : 
In  tlie  midst  do  thou  appear. 
Manifest  tliy  presence  here ! 
Sanctify  us.  Lord,  and  bless! 
Breathe  thy  Spirit,  give  thy  peace ; 
Thou  thyself  within  us  move: 
Make  our  feast  a  feast  of  love. 


315  S.  M.  (908) 

Closing  the  exercises. 

I  LEST  be  the  tie  tliat  binds 
Our  hearts  in  Christian  love: 


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202  COMMUNION   OF   SAINTS. 

The  fellowship  of  kindred  minds 
Is  like  to  that  above. 

2  Before  our  Father's  throne 
We  pour  our  ardent  prayers  ; 

Our  fears,  our  hopes,  our  aims,  are  one- 
Our  comforts  and  our  cares. 

3  We  share  our  mutual  woes, 
Our  nmtuai  burdens  bear; 

And  often  for  each  other  flows 
The  symjjathizing  tear. 

4  When  we  asunder  part, 
It  gives  us  inward  ])ain ; 

But  we  shall  still  be  joined  in  heart, 
And  hope  to  meet  again. 

5  This  glorious  hope  revives 
Our  courage  by  the  way; 

While  each  in  expectation  lives, 
And  longs  to  see  the  day. 

6  From  sorrow,  toil,  and  pain. 
And  sin,  we  shall  be  free; 

And  perfect  love  and  friendship  reign 
Through  all  eternitv. 


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316  C.  M.  (1014) 

Gratitude. 
TIEN  all  thy  mercies,  O  my  God, 
My  rising  soul  surveys, 
Transported  with  the  view,  I'm  lost 
In  wonder,  love,  and  praise! 

2  O  how  can  words  with  equal  warmth 
The  gratitude  declare 

That  glows  within  my  ravished  heart? 
But  thou  canst  read  it  there ! 

3  Ten  thousand  thousand  precious  gifts 
My  daily  thanks  employ ; 


COMMUNION    OF   SAINTS.  203 

Nor  is  the  least  a  clieei'ful  heart, 
That  tastes  those  gifts  with  joy. 

4  Tlirough  every  period  of  my  life 
Thy  goodness  I'll  pursue; 

And  after  deatli,  in  distant  worlds, 
The  pleasing  theme  renew. 

5  When  nature  fails,  and  day  and  night 
Divide  thy  works  no  more, 

My  ever  grateful  heart,  O  Lord, 
Thy  mercies  shall  adore. 

6  Through  all  eternity  to  thee 
A  grateful  song  I'll  raise; 

But  O,  eternity 's  too  short 
To  utter  all  thy  praise ! 

317  C.  M.  (904) 

Mutual  aid, 

TKY  us,  O  God,  and  search  the  ground 
Of  every  sinful  heart: 
Whate'er  of  sin  in  us  is  found, 
O  bid  it  all  depart ! 

2  When  to  the  right  or  l^ft  we  stray. 
Leave  us  not  comfortless ; 

But  guide  our  feet  into  the  way 
Of  everlasting  peace. 

3  Help  us  to  help  each  other,  Lord, 
Eacli  otlier's  cross  to  hear: 

Let  eacli  his  friendly  aid  afford. 
And  feel  his  brother's  care. 

4  Help  us  to  build  each  other  up, 
Our  little  stock  improve: 

.  Increase  our  faitli,  confirm  our  hope, 
And  perfect  us  in  love. 

5  Up  into  thee,  our  living  Head, 
Let  us  in  all  things  grow; 


204  PRAYER. 

Till  thou  liast  made  iis  free  indeed, 
And  spotless  here  below. 

6  Then,  wlien  the  mighty  work  is  wrought, 

Eeceive  thy  ready  bride : 
Give  us  in  heaven  a  happy  lot 

With  all  the  sanctified. 

318  C.  M,  (910) 

Closing  the  exercises. 

GOD  of  all  consolation,  take 
The  glory  of  thy  grace ! 
Thy  gifts  to  thee  we  render  back 
In  ceaseless  songs  of  praise. 

2  Through  thee  we  now  together  came, 
In  singleness  of  heart : 

We  met,  O  Jesus,  in  thy  name. 
And  in  thy  name  we  part. 

3  We  part  in  body,  not  in  mind ; 
Our  minds  continue  one  ; 

And  each  to  each  in  Jesus  joined, 
We  hand  in  hand  go  on. 

4  Subsists  as  in  us  all  one  soul ; 
No  power  can  make  us  twain ; 

And  mountains  rise,  and  oceans  roll, 
To  sever  us  in  vain. 

5  Then  let  us  lawfully  contend. 
And  fight  our  passage  through — 

Bear  in  our  faithful  minds  the  end, 
And  keep  the  prize  in  view. 


PRAYER.  205 


SECTION  II. 

Prayer. 

319  L.  M.  (914) 

Opening  the  exercises. 

WHAT  various  hind' ranees  we  meet 
In  coming  to  a  mercy-seat ! 
Yet  who  that  knows  the  worth  of  prayer 
But  wishes  to  be  often  there? 

2  Prayer  makes  the  darkened  cloud  withdraw ; 
Prayer  climbs  the  ladder  Jacob  saw; 

Giyes  exercise  to  faith  and  loye; 
Brings  eyery  blessing  from  aboye. 

3  Eestraining  prayer,  we  cease  to  fight ; 
Prayer  makes  the  Christian's  armor  bright ; 
And  Satan  trembles  when  lie  sees 

The  weakest  saint  upon  his  knees. 

4  Haye  you  no  words  ?  Ah !  think  again : 
Wo];-ds  How  apace  when  you  complain, 
And  fill  your  fellow-creature's  ear 
AVith  the  sad  tale  of  all  your  care. 

5  Were  half  the  breath  thus  vainly  spent, 

To  Heaven  in  supplication  sent,  ( 

Your  cheerful  song  would  oftener  be, 
"Hear  what  the  Lord  has  done  for  me." 

3Q0  L.  M.  (237  Z.) 

The  mercy-seat. 

FPOM  every  stormy  wind  that  blows, 
From  every  swelling  tide  of  woes, 
There  is  a  calm,  a  &ure  retreat: 
'T  is  found  beneath  the  mercy -seat. 


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206  PRAYER. 

2  There  is  a  place  where  Jesus  sheds 
The  oil  of  gladness  on  our  lieads — 
A  place  than  all  besides  more  sweet: 
It  is  the  blood-bought  mercy-seat. 

3  There  is  a  scene  where  spirits  blend, 
Where  friend  holds  fellowship  with  fiicnd; 
Though  sundered  far  by  faith  they  meet 
Around  one  common  mercy-seat. 

4  There,  there  on  eagle-wing  we  soar, 
And  sin  and  sense  seem  all  no  more; 

And  heaven  comes  down  our  souls  to  greet, 
And  glory  crowns  the  mercy-seat. 

321  S.  M.  (936) 
^^The  violent  take  it  by  force." 

MAY  thy  powerful  word 

Inspire  a  feeble  worm 

To  rusJi  into  tliy  kingdom,  Lord, 

And  take  it  as  by  storm ! 
2  O  may  we  all  improve 

The  grace  already  given. 
To  seize  the  crown  of  perfect  love, 
And  scale  the  mount  of  heaven !  , 

322  C.  M.  (911) 

Opening  the  exercises. 

SHEPHERD  Divine,  our  wants  relieve, 
In  this  our  evil  day: 
To  all  thy  tempted  followers  give 
The  power  to  watch  and  pray. 

2  Long  as  our  fiery  trials  last, 
Long  as  the  cross  we  bear, 

O  let  our  souls  on  thee  be  cast 
In  never-ceasing  prayer! 

3  Till  tliou  thy  perfect  love  impart, 
Till  thou  thyself  bestow. 


PRAYER.  207 

Be  this  the  cry  of  every  heart — 
I  will  not  let  thee  go — 

4  I  will  not  let  thee  go  unless 
Thou  tell  thy  name  to  nie, 

With  all  thy  great  salvation  bless, 
And  make  me  all  like  thee. 

5  Then  let  me,  on  the  mountain-top, 
Behold  tliy  open  face; 

Where  faitii  in  sight  is  swallowed  up. 
And  jjrayer  in  endless  praise. 


T 


393  S.  M.  (912) 

Opening  the  exercises. 
'HE  })raying  Spirit  breathe, 
Tiie  watching  poAver  impart; 
From  ail  entanglements  beneath 
Gall  off  my  anxious  heart: 

2  My  feeble  mind  sustain, 

By  worldly  thoughts  oppressed; 
Appear,  and  bid  me  turn  again 
To  my  eternal  rest. 

3  Swift  to  my  rescue  come, 
Thine  own  this  moment  seize; 

Gather  my  wandering  spirit  home, 
And  keep  in  perfect  i)eace: 

4  Suflcred  no  more  to  rove 
O'er  all  the  earth  abroad, 

Arrest  the  prisoner  of  thy  love, 
And  shut  me  up  in  God. 

3Q4  C.  M.  (917) 

What  is  player? 

PRAYER,  is  the  soul's  sincere  desire, 
Uttered  or  unexpressed ; 


208  PRAYER. 

The  motion  of  a  hidden  fire 
That  trembles  in  the  breast. 

2  Prayer  is  the  burden  of  a  sigli, 
The  falling  of  a  tear, 

The  upward  glancing  of  an  eye, 
When  none  but  God  is  near. 

3  Prayer  is  the  simplest  form  of  speech 
That  infant  lips  can  try; 

Prayer,  the  sublimest  strains  that  reach 
The  Majesty  on  high. 

,  4  Prayer  is  the  Christian's  vital  breath, 
The  Christian's  native  air; 
His  watch- AYord  at  the  gates  of  death ; 
He  enters  heaven  with  prayer. 

5  Prayer  is  tlie  contrite  sinner's  voice, 
Returning  from  his  ways, 

While  angels  in  their  songs  rejoice, 
And  cry,  "Behold,  he  prays  ! " 

6  O  thou,  bv  Avhom  we  come  to  God, 
The  Life,\he  Truth,  the  AYay! 

The  path  of  prayer  thyself  hast  trod  : 
Lord,  teach  us  how  to  pray. 

325  C.  M.  (923) 

For  the  water  of  life. 

FOUNTAIN  of  life  to  all  below 
Let  thy  salvation  roll ; 
Water,  replenish,  and  o'erflow, 
Every  believing  soul. 

2  Turn  back  our  nature's  rapid  tide, 

And  we  shall  flow  to  thee, 
While  down  the  stream  of  time  we  glide 

To  our  eternity. 


PRATER.  209 

3  The  well  of  life  to  us  thou  art, 
Of  joy  the  swelling  flood; 

Wafted  by  thee,  with  willing  heart 
We  swift  return  to  God. 

4  We  soon  shall  reach  the  boundless  sea, 
Into  thy  fullness  fall; 

Be  lost  and  swallowed  up  in  thee, 
Our  God,  our  all  in  all. 

326  S.  M.  (921) 

Wants. 

JESUS,  my  strength,  my  hope, 
On  thee  I  cast  my  care. 
With  humble  confidence  look  up, 

And  know  thou  hear'st  ray  prayer. 
Give  me  on  thee  to  wait, 

Till  I  can  all  things  do, 
On  thee,  almighty  to  create. 
Almighty  to  renew. 

2  I  want  a  sober  mind, 
A  self-renouncing  will. 

That  tramples  down  and  casts  behind 

The  baits  of  pleasing  ill; 
A  soul  inured  to  pain. 

To  hardship,  grief,  and  loss, 
Bold  to  take  up,  firm  to  sustain, 

The  consecrated  cross. 

3  I  want  a  godly  fear, 

A  quick-discerning  eye. 
That  looks  to  thee  when  sin  is  near, 

And  sees  the  tempter  fly; 
A  spirit  still  prepared, 

And  armed  with  jealous  care, 
Forever  standing  on  its  guard, 

And  watching  unto  prayer. 


210  PRAYER. 

327  C.  M.  (949) 

The  henediction.     Num.  vi.  24-26. 

COME,  FatJier,  Son,  and  Holy  Ghost, 
One  God  in  persons  three, 
Bring  back  the  heavenly  blessing  lost, 

By  all  mankind  and  nie. 
Thy  favor,  and  thy  nature  too, 

To  nie,  to  all  restore: 
Forgive,  and  after  God  renew. 
And  keep  us  evermore. 

2  Eternal  Sun  of  righteousness, 
Display  thy  beams  divine, 

And  cause  the  glories  of  thy  face 

Upon  my  iieart  to  sliine. 
Light,  in  thy  light,  O  may  I'  see, 

Thy  grace  and  mercy  prove! 
Revived,  and  cheered,  and  blessed  by  thee, 

The  God  of  pardoning  love. 

3  Lift  up  thy  countenance  serene, 
And  let  thy  happy  child 

Behold,  without  a  cloud  between. 

The  Godhead  reconciled. 
That  all-com})rising  peace  bestow 

On  me,  through  grace  forgiven: 
The  joys  of  holiness  below, 

And  then  the  joys  of  heaven  I 


PAET  III. 

For  Domestic  Worship. 

SECTION    I. 

The  Family. 

328  S.  M.  (994) 
Psalm  cxxxiii. 

BLEST  are  the  sons  of  peace, 
Whose  hearts  and  hopes  are  one; 
Whose  kinil  tlesigns  to  serve  and  please 
Tlirongh  all  their  actions  run. 

2  Blest  is  the  pious  house 
Where  zeal  and  friendship  meet; 

Their  songs  of  praiso,  their  mingled  vows, 
^lake  their  communion  sweet. 

3  Thus  on  the  heavenly  hills 
The  saints  are  blest  above, 

Where  joy,  like  morning  dew,  distils, 
And  all  the  air  is  love. 

329  C.  M.  (958) 

Sahhath  morning.     Psalm  v.  1-8. 

LORD,  in  the  morning  thou  shalt  hear 
My  voice  ascending  high; 
To  thee  will  I  direct  my  prayer, 
To  tliee  lift  up  mine  eye: 

2  Up  to  the  hills  where  Christ  is  gone. 
To  plead  for  all  iiis  saints, 

Presenting  at  his  Father's  throne 
Our  songs  and  our  complaints. 

3  Thou  art  a  Ood  before  whose  sight 
The  wicked  shuU  not  stand ; 

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212  THE    FAMILY. 

Sinners  shall  ne'er  be  thy  delight, 
Nor  dwell  at  thy  right-hand. 

4  Bnt  to  thy  house  will  I  resort, 
To  taste  thy  mercies  there; 

I  will  frequent  thy  holy  court, 
And  worship  in  thy  fear. 

5  O  may  thy  Spirit  guide  my  feet 
In  ways  of  righteousness; 

Make  every  path  of  duty  straight 
And  plain  before  my  iace. 

330  L.  M.  (951) 
Morning. 

AWAKE,  my  soul,  and  with  the  sun 
Thy  daily  stage  of  duty  run ; 
Shake  off  dull  sloth,  and  early  rise 
To  pay  thy  morning  sacrifice. 

2  Wake  and  lift  up  thyself,  my  heart, 
And  Avith  the  angels  bear  thy  part; 
Who  all  night  long  unwearied  sing 
High  praise  to  the  eternal  King. 

3  Glory  to  thee,  who  safe  hast  kept. 
And  hast  refreshed  me  Avhile  I  slept: 
Grant,  Lord,  when  I  from  death  shall  wake, 
I  may  of  endless  life  partake. 

4  Direct,  control,  suggest  this  day, 
All  I  design,  or  do,  or  say. 

That  all  my  powers,  with  all  their  might. 
In  thy  sole  glory  may  unite. 

331  L.  M.  (959) 

Evening. 

ALL  praise  to  thee,  my  God,  this  night, 
For  all  the  blessings  of  the  light: 
Keep  me,  O  keep  me,  King  of  kings, 
Under  thine  own  almighty  wings. 


THE   FAMILY.  213 

2  Forgive  me,  Lord,  for  tiiy  dear  Son, 
The  ills  that  I  this  day  liave  done; 
That  with  the  world,  myself,  and  thee, 
I,  ere  I  sleep,  at  peace  may  be. 

3  Teach  me  to  live  that  I  may  dread 
The  grave  as  little  as  my  bed; 
Teach  me  to  die,  that  so  I  may 
Rise  glorious  at  the  awful  day. 

4  O  may  my  soul  on  thee  repose, 

And  with  sweet  sleep  mine  eyelids  close — 
Sleep  that  may  me  more  vigorous  make, 
To  serve  my  God,  when  I  av/ake. 

333  7s.  (960) 

Evening. 
MNIPRESEXT  God !  whose  aid 
No  one  ever  asked  in  vain, 
Be  this  night  about  my  bed, 

Every  evil  thought  restrain: 
Lay  thy  hand  upon  my  soul, 

God  of  my  unguarded  hours ! 
All  my  enemies  control. 

Hell,  and  earth,  and  nature's  powers. 

2  O  thou  jealous  God !  come  down, 

God  of  spotless  purity ; 
Claim  and  seize  me  for  thine  own. 

Consecrate  my  heart  to  thee: 
Under  thy  protection  take; 

Songs  in  the  night  season  give; 
Let  nie  sleep  to  thee,  and  wake; 

Let  me  die  to  thee,  and  live. 


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333  S.  M.  (955) 

3Iorning. 
EE  how  the  morning  sun 
Pursues  his  shinins:  wav. 


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214  THE   FAMILY. 

And  wide  proclaims  his  Maker's  praLse, 
With  every  briglitening  ray. 

2  Thus  would  my  rising  soul 
Its  heavenly  Parent  sing; 

And  to  its  great  Original 
The  humble  tribute  bring, 

3  Serene  I  laid  me  down, 
Beneath  his  guardian  care; 

1  slept,  and  I  awoke,  and  found 
My  kind  Preserver  near ! 

4  My  life  I  would  anew 
Devote.  O  Lord,  to  thee; 

And  in  thy  service  I  would  spend 
A  long  eternity. 

334  S.  M.  (963) 

Evening. 

THE  day  is  past  and  gone. 
The  evening  sluides  appear: 
O  niay  we  all  remember  welL 
The  night  of  death  draws  near! 

2  We  lay  our  garments  by, 
Upon  our  beds  to  rest; 

So  death  will  soon  disrobe  us  all 
Of  what  is  here  possessed. 

3  Lord,  keep  us  safe  this  night, 
Secure  from  all  our  fears; 

May  angels  guard  us,  while  we  sleep, 
Till  morning  light  appears. 

4  And  when  we  early  rise, 
And  view  the  unwearied  sun, 

May  we  set  out  to  win  the  prize, 
And  after  glory  run. 


THE    FAMILY.  215 

5  And  when  our  days  are  past, 
And  we  from  time  remove, 

O  may  we  in  thy  bosom  rest, 
The  bosom  of  thy  love! 

335  L.  M.  (964) 
Evening. 

THUS  far  the  Lord  hath  led  me  on, 
Thus  far  his  power  prolongs  ray  days. 
And  every  evening  shall  make  known 
Some  tresh  memorial  of  his  grace. 

2  Much  of  ray  time  has  run  to  waste, 
And  I  perhaps  am  near  my  home; 

But  he  forgives  my  follies  past, 

And  gives  me  strength  for  days  to  come. 

3  I  lay  my  body  down  to  sleep, 
Peace  is  the  pillow  for  ray  liead; 

While  well-appointed  angels  keep 

TJieir  watchful  stations  round  my  bed. 

4  Thus  when  the  night  of  death  shall  come, 
3.1y  flesh  shall  rest  beneath  the  ground, 

And  wait  thy  voice  to  rouse  my  tomb, 
With  sweet  salvation  in  the  sound. 

336  L.  M.  (973) 

Morning  or  evening. 

MY  God,  how  endless  is  thy  love ! 
Thy  gifts  are  every  evening  new ; 
And  morning  mercies  from  above 
Gently  distil  like  early  dew. 

2  Thou  spread'st  the  curtains  of  the  night. 
Great  Guardian  of  my  sleei)ing  liours; 

Thy  sovereign  word  restores  the  light, 
And  quickens  all  my  di'owsy  powers. 


216  THE   FAMILY. 

3  I  yield  myself  to  thy  command; 

To  thee  devote  my  nights  and  days: 
Perpetual  blessings  from  thy  hand 

Demand  perpetual  songs  of  praise. 


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337  C.  M.  (953) 

3Ioniing. 

|NCE  more,  my  soul,  the  rising  day 
Salutes  thy  waking  eyes; 
Once  more,  my  voice,  tliy  tribute  pay 
To  Him  that  rules  the  skies. 

2  Night  unto  night  his  name  repeats, 
The  day  renews  the  sound — 

Wide  as  the  heavens  on  which  he  sits, 
To  turn  the  seasons  round. 

3  'T  is  he  supports  my  mortal  frame ; 
My  tongue  shall  speak  his  praise: 

My  sins  might  rouse  his  wrath  to  flame, 
But  yet  his  wrath  delays. 

4  O  God,  let  all  my  hours  be  thine, 
While  I  enjoy  the  light ! 

Then  shall  my  sun  in  smiles  decline, 
And  bring  a  pleasant  night. 

338  C.  M.  (371 Z.) 

Child's  morning  hymn. 

THE  morning  bright,  With  rosy  light. 
Has  waked  me  up  from  sleep: 
Father,  I  own  Thy  love  alone 
Thy  little  one  doth  keep. 

2  All  through  the  day,  I  humbly  pray, 
Be  thou  my  guard  and  guide: 

My  sins  forgive,  And  let  me  live, 
Blest  Jesus,  near  thv  side. 


THE    FAMILY.  217 

3  O  make  thy  rest  Witliin  my  breast, 

Great  Spirit  of  all  grace : 
Make  me  like  thee,  Then  shall  I  be 
\  Prepared  to  see  thy  face. 

339  C.  M.  (372  Z.) 

ChikVs  evening  hymn. 

THE  daylight  fades :  The  evening  shades 
Are  gathering  round  my  head : 
Father  above,  I  praise  that  love 
Which  smooths  and  guards  my  bed. 

2  While  tJiou  art  near,  I  need  not  fear 
The  gloom  of  midnight  hour : 

Blest  Jesus,  still  From  every  ill 
Defend  me  with  thy  power. 

3  Pardon  my  sin,  And  enter  in 
And  sanctify  my  heart: 

Spirit  divine,  O  make  me  thine, 
And  ne'er  from  me  depart ! 

840  0.  M.  (969) 

Evening. 

DREAD  Sovereign,  let  my  evening  song 
Like  holy  incense  rise; 
Assist  the  offerings  of  my  tongue 
To  reach  the  lofty  skies. 

2  Through  all  the  dangers  of  the  day 
Tliy  hand  was  still  my  guard ; 

And  still  to  drive  my  wants  away 
Thy  mercy  stood  prepared. 

3  Sprinkled  afresh  with  pardoning  blood, 
I  lay  me  down  to  rest; 

As  in  the  eiybraces  of  my  God, 
Or  on  mv  Saviour's  breast. 


218  THE   FAMILY. 

341  8,7.  (961) 

Evening. 

SAVrOUK,  breathe  an  evening  blessing 
Ere  repose  our  spirits  seal : 
Sin  and  want  we  come  confessing; 
Thou  canst  save  and  thou  canst  heal. 

2  Though  destruction  walk  around  us, 
Though  tlie  arrow  past  us  fly, 

Angel-guards  from  thee  surround  us ; 
We  are  safe,  if  thou  art  nigh. 

3  Though  the  night  be  dark  and  dreary, 
Darkness  cannot  bJde  from  thee; 

Thou  art  he  who,  never  Aveary, 
Watclieth  where  thy  people  be. 

4  Should  swift  death  this  night  o'ertake  us, 
And  our  coucli  l)ecome  our  tomb, 

May  the  morn  in  heaven  awake  us. 
Clad  in  light,  and  deathless  bloom. 

342  C.  M.  (965) 

Evening. 

"OW  from  the  altar  of  our  hearts 
Let  warmest  thanks  arise ; 
Assist  us.  Lord,  to  offer  up  ^ 

Our  evening  sacrifice. 


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2  This  day  God  was  our  sun  and  shield. 
Our  keeper  and  our  guide ; 

His  care  was  on  our  weakness  shown. 
His  mercies  multiplied. 

3  Minutes  and  mercies  multiplied, 
Have  made  up  all  this  day; 

Minutes  came  quick,  but  mercies  vrere 
More  fleet  and  free  than  they. 


THE    CLOSET.  219 

4  New  time,  new  favors,  and  new  joys, 

Do  a  new  song  require: 
Till  we  shall  praise  thee  as  we  would, 

Accept  our  hearts'  desire. 


SECTION  II. 

The  Closet. 

343  C.  M.  (1009) 

"My  meditation  of  him  shall  be  sweet." 

WHILE  thee  I  seek,  protecting  Power! 
Be  my  vain  wishes  stilled ; 
And  may  this  consecrated  hour 
With  better  hopes  be  filled. 

2  Thy  love  the  power  of  thought  bestowed, 
To  thee  my  thoughts  would  soar  : 

Thy  mercy  o'er  my  life  has  flowed; 
That  mercy  I  adore. 

3  In  each  event  of  life,  how  clear 
Thy  ruling  hand  I  see ! 

Each  blessing  to  my  soul  most  dear, 
Because  conferred  by  thee. 

4  In  every  joy  that  crowns  my  days, 
In  every  pain  I  bear, 

My  heart  shall  find  delight  in  praise, 
Or  seek  relief  in  i)rayer. 

5  When  gladness  wings  the  favored  hour, 
Thy  love  my  thoughts  shall  fill; 

Resigned,  when  storms  of  sorrow  lower, 
My  soul  shall  meet  thy  will. 


220  THE   CLOSET. 

6  My  lifted  eye,  -without  a  tear, 
The  gathering  storm  shall  see; 

My  steadfast  heart  shall  know  no  fear — 
That  heart  will  rest  on  thee. 

344  8,7.  (1046) 

The  departing  saint. 

HAPPY  soul,  thy  days  are  ended, 
All  thy  mourning-days  below  ; 
Go,  by  angel-guards  attended, 

To  the  sight  of  Jesus,  go ! 
Waiting  to  receiye  thy  spirit, 

Lo !  tlie  Saviour  stands  above ; 

Shows  the  purchase  of  his  merit. 

Beaches  out  the  crown  of  love. 

2  Struggle  through  thy  latest  passion, 

To  thy  great  Redeemer's  breast — 
To  his  uttermost  salvation, 

To  his  everlasting  rest. 
For  the  joy  he  sets  before  thee. 

Bear  a  momentary  pain — 
Die,  to  live  a  life  of  glory ! 

Sufler,  with  thy  Lord  to  reign. 


BENEDICTIOXS,    DOXOLOGIES.  •     221 


Benedictions  and  Doxologies. 

345  8,7.  (1050) 

Dismission. 

LORD,  dismiss  us  with  tliy  blessing, 
Bid  us  now  depart  in  peace ; 
Still  on  heavenly  manna  feeding, 

Let  our  faith  and  love  increase: 
Fill  each  breast  with  consolation; 
Up  to  thee  our  hearts  we  raise : 
When  we  reach  our  blissful  station. 
Then  we '  11  give  thee  nobler  praise. 

Gloria  Patri. 

346  S.  M.  (1052) 
IVE  to  the  Father  praise ; 

Give  glory  to  the  Son ; 
And  to  the  Spirit  of  his  grace 
Be  equal  honor  done. 

347  C.  M.  (1053) 

NOW  let  the  Father,  and  the  Son, 
And  Spirit  be  adored, 
Where  there  are  Avorks  to  make  him  known. 
Or  saints  to  love  the  Lord. 


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348  L.  M.  (1054) 

PRAISE  God,  from  whom  all  blessings  flow ; 
Praise  him,  all  creatures  here  below ; 
Praise  him  above,  ye  heavenly  host; 
Praise  Father,  Son,  and  Holy  Ghost. 

349  L.  M. 

PRAISE  to  the  Father,  and  the  Son, 
And  Ploly  Spirit — Three  in  One; 
As  't  was  of  old,  is  now,  shall  be. 
Ascribed  to  all  eternity ! 


Miscellany. 

350  8,7. 

7  will  go  to  Jesus. 

LADEN  with  a  heavy  burden, 
To  my  Saviour  I  will  go, 
Casting  all  my  care  upon  him, 
He  will  bear  my  load,  I  know. 
Me/ram. 
I  will  go,  with  all  my  guilt,  to  Jesus, 

Wretched,  poor,  and, helpless  though  I  be; 
I  will  go  and  wash  ujy  spirit  in  the  fountain — 
His  blood  shall  set  me  free. 

2  Jesus  is  the  burden-bearer; 
All  my  sins  on  him  were  laid; 

Dying  on  the  cross  accursed, 
He  a  full  atonement  made. 

3  At  the  feet  of  Jesus  falling. 

Rent  with  anguish,  pain,  and  grief, 
Of  my  crimes  with  tears  re[)enting, 
He  will  give  me  sweet  relief. 

4  By  his  grace  and  mercy  pardoned, 
All  my  sins  and  guilt  forgiven, 

I  will  thank,  and  bless,  and  praise  him, 
For  the  joyful  hope  of  heaven. 

351  6,4,6,4,6,6,4.  (519  Z.) 
Nearer^  my  God,  to  thee. 

NEARER,  my  God,  to  thee, 
Nearer  to  thee. 
E'en  though  it  be  a  cross 

That  raiseth  me ; 
Still  all  my  song  shall  be, 
Nearer,  my  God,  to  thee. 
Nearer  to  thee. 

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223 


2  Though  like  the  wanderer, 
Tlie  sun  gone  down, 

Darkness  be  over  me, 

My  rest  a  stone ; 
Yet  in  my  dreams  I  'd  be 
Nearer,  my  God,  to  thee, 

Kearer  to  thee. 

3  There  let  the  way  appear 
Stejjs  unto  heaven; 

All  that  thou  sendest  me 

In  mercy  given; 
Angels  to  beckon  me 
Nearer,  my  God,  to  thee, 

Nearer  to  thee. 

6,4,6,4,6,6,4. 
Nearer,  my  God,  to  thee. 

NEAREE,  my  God,  to  thee— 
Nearer,  I  sigh: 
Nearer,  I  fain  would  be — 

Nearer,  still  cry! 
Nearer,  when  woes  assail, 
Nearer,  when  joys  prevail- 
Nearer  to  thee ! 

2  The  world  is  dark  and  drear— 
I  feel  so  lone : 

Beset  with  sin  and  fear — 

I  sigh  and  moan ; 
Nor  can  I  comfort  see 
Till  I  can  nearer  be — • 

Nearer  to  thee ! 

3  The  crosses  on  me  laid 
Still  press  me  down: 

One  cross  can  give  me  aid — 

One  cross  alone — 
The  cross  of  Calvary — 
My  Savioui-'s  cross — lifts  me 

Nearer  to  thee ! 


224  MISCELLANY. 

353  8,7. 

The  precious  name. 

TAKE  the  name  of  Jesns  witli  you, 
Child  of  sorrow  and  of  woe — 
It  will  joy  and  comfort  give  you ; 
Take  it,  then,  where'er  you  go. 

Cliorus. 
Precious  name,  O  how  sweet ! 

Hope  of  earth  and  joy  of  heaven ; 
Precious  name,  O  how  sweet ! 

Ho^De  of  earth  and  joy  of  heaven. 

2  Take  the  name  of  Jesus  ever, 
As  a  shield  from  every  snare ; 

If  temptations  'round  you  gather, 
Breathe  that  holy  name  in  jirayer. 

3  O  the  precious  name  of  Jesus ! 
How  it  thrills  our  souls  with  joy, 

When  his  loving  arms  receive  us, 
And  his  songs  our  tongues  employ ! 

4  At  the  name  of  Jesus  bowing, 
Falling  prostrate  at  his  iaet, 

King  of  kings  in  heaven  we'll  crown  him, 
When  our  journey  is  complete. 

354  9s. 

Sweet  by  and  by. 

THERE'S  a  land  that  is  fairer  than  day, 
And  by  faith  we  may  see  it  afar, 
For  the  Father  waits  over  the  way, 
To  prepare  us  a  dwelling-place  there. 

Chorus. 

In  the  sweet  by  and  by. 
We  shall  meet  on  that  beautiful  shore. 

In  the  sweet  by  and  by. 
We  shall  meet  on  that  beautiful  shore. 


MISCELLANY.  225 

2  We  shall  sing  on  that  beautiful  shore 
The  melodious  songs  of  the  blest, 

And  our  spirits  shall  sorrow  no  more — 
Kot  a  sigh  for  tlie  blessing  of  rest. 

3  To  our  bountiful  Father  above 
We  will  offer  the  tribute  of  praise, 

For  the  glorious  gift  of  his  love. 

And  the  blessings  that  hallow  our  dajs. 


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355  7s. 

I  am  coming  to  the  cross. 
AM  coming  to  the  cross ; 
I  am  poor,  and  Vv'eak,  and  blind ; 

1  am  counting  all  but  dross, 
I  shall  full  salvation  find. 

Chorus. — I  am  trusting,  Lord,  in  thee, 
Blessed  Lamb  of  Calvary; 
Humbly  at  thy  cross  I  bow ; 
Save  me,  Jesus,  save  me  now. 

2  Long  my  heart  has  sighed  for  thee, 
Long  has  evil  reigned  within  ; 

Jesus  sweetly  speaks  to  me, 

'*I  will  cleanse  you  from  all  sin." 

3  Here  I  give  my  all  to  thee, 
Friends,  and  time,  and  earthly  store ; 

Soul  and  body  thine  to  be — 
Wholly  thine  forevermore. 

4  In  thy  promises  I  trust, 
Now  I  feel  tlie  blood  applied : 

I  am  prostrate  in  the  dust, 
I  with  Christ  am  crucified. 

5  Jesus  comes  !  he  fills  my  soul ! 
Perfected  in  him  I  am ; 

I  am  every  whit  made  wliole : 
Glory,  glory  to  the  Lamb ! 

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226  MISCELLAITY. 

356  10,8. 

Gathering  home. 

UP  to  the  bountiful  Giver  of  life — 
Gathering  home !  gathering  home ! 
Up  to  the  dwelling  where  cometh  no  strife. 
The  dear  ones  are  gathering  home. 

Chorus. 
Gathering  home !  gathering  home ! 

Never  to  sorrow  more,  never  to  roam, 
Gathering  home !  gathering  home ! 

God's  children  are  gatliering  home. 

2  Up  to  the  city  where  falleth  no  night — 
Gatliering  home!   gathering  home! 

Up  where  the  Saviour's  own  face  is  the  light, 
The  dear  ones  are  gathering  home. 

3  Up  to  the  beautiful  mansions  above — 
Gathering  home!  gathering  home! 

Safe  in  the  arms  of  his  infinite  love, 
The  dear  ones  are  gathering  home. 

857  8s. 

^^I  go  to  prepare  a  place  for  you."     John  xiv.  2. 

0  THINK  of  a  home  oyer  there, 
By  the  side  of  the  river  of  light, 
Where  the  saints,  all  immortal  and  fair. 
Are  robed  in  their  garments  of  white. 

Mefrain. 
Over  there,  over  there, 

O  think  of  a  home  over  there! 
Over  there,  over  there, 

O  think  of  a  home  over  there ! 
2  O  think  of  the  friends  over  there, 

Who  before  us  the  journey  have  trod, 
Of  the  songs  that  they  breathe  on  the  air, 
In  their  home  in  the  palace  of  God. 


MISCELLANY.  227 

3  My  SavioTir  is  now  over  there, 

There  my  kindred  and  friends  are  at  rest; 
Then  away  from  my  sorrow  and  care, 
Let  me  fly  to  the  land  of  the  blest. 

4  I'll  soon  be  at  home  over  there, 
For  the  end  of  my  journey  I  see : 

Many  dear  to  my  heart  over  there, 
Are  watching  and  waiting  for  me. 

358  7,5,8. 

Joy  in  heaven. 

THERE  is  joy  in  heaven  to-day! 
There  is  joy  to-day 
O'er  the  lamb  that  is  found  again,   . 
Far  away  from  pastures  green, 
Wandering  all  alone. 

On  the  desolate,  barren  plain. 

Refrain. 
Glory  to  the  Lord  of  hosts, 

Shout  the  morning  stars  on  high. 
Praise  him  ever,  ye  angels  of  light! 
He  has  heard  the  distant  cry 
Of  the  lamb  to-day. 
And  he  bears  it  rejoicing  home. 

2  When  a  soul  has  gone  astray 
From  tlie  narrow  way. 

And  there  seemeth  no  joy  nor  rest, 
Jesus  still  is  ever  near, 
Hearing,  night  and  day. 

All  the  cries  of  the  sin-oppressed. 

3  Sinner,  bow  with  gratitude. 
And,  with  heart  subdued. 

Plead  his  mercy  and  pardon  free. 
He  will  see  the  falling  tear. 
Hear  the  fervent  prayer. 

And  will  tenderly  welcome  thee. 


228  MISCELLANY. 

359  7,9. 

Every  day  and  hour. 

SAVIOUR!  more  tluan  life  to  me, 
I  am  clinging,  clinging  close  to  tliee ; 
Let  thy  precious  blood  applied, 
Keep  me  ever,  ever  near  thy  side. 

Refrain. — Every  day,  every  hour. 

Let  me  feel  thy  cleansing  power; 

May  thy  tender  love  to  me 

Bind  me  closer,  closer.  Lord,  to  thee. 

2  Through  this  changing  world  beloAV 
Lead  me  gently,  gently  as  I  go ; 
Trusting  thee,  I  cannot  stray — 

I  can  never,  never  lose  my  way. 

3  Let  me  love  thee  more  and  more. 
Till  this  fleeting,  fleeting  life  is  o'er; 
Till  my  soul  is  lost  in  love, 

In  a  brighter,  brighter  world  above. 

360  s,7. 

What  a  friend  tve  have  in  Jesus. 

'HAT  a  friend  we  have  in  Jesus, 
All  our  sins  and  griefs  to  bear ! 
What  a  privilege  to  carry 

Every  thing  to  God  in  prayer ! 
O  Avhat  peace  we  often  forfeit ! 

O  what  needless  pain  we  bear ! 
All  because  we  do  not  carry 
Every  thing  to  God  in  prayer. 

2  Have  we  trials  and  temptations  ? 
Is  there  trouble  anywhere  ? 

We  should  never  be  discouraged- 
Take  it  to  the  Lord  in  prayer. 

Can  we  find  a  Friend  so  faithful, 
Who  will  all  our  sorrows  share? 


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MISCELLANY.  229 

Jesus  knows  our  eveiy  weakness — 
Take  it  to  the  Lord  in  prayer. 

3  Are  we  weak  and  lieavy-laden, 

Cumbered  with  a  hxid  of  care? 
Precious  Saviour!  still  our  refuge — 

Take  it  to  the  Lord  in  prayer. 
Do  thy  friends  despise,  forsake  thee? 

Take  it  to  the  Lord  in  prayer; 
In  his  arms  he  '11  take  and  shield  thee— 

Thou  wilt  lind  a  solace  there. 

861  8,9. 

Hear  Him  calling. 
A  RE  you  staying,  safely  staying, 
/V  In  the  tender  Shepherd's  peaceful  fold? 
Xo,  I'm  straying,  sadly  straying. 
On  the  lonely  mountains,  dark  and  cold. 

Refrain. 
On  your  ear  his  loving  tones  are  falling, 

For  lie  seeks  you,  wliercsoe'er  you  roaiu; 
Hear  him  calling,  sweetly  calling, 

As  he  bids  his  wandering  sheep  come  home 

2  Are  you  hearing,  gladly  hearing, 
How  he  bids  his  folded  flock  I'ejoice? 

No,  I'm  fearing,  sadly  fearing — 

I  have  followed  far  the  stranger's  voice. 

o  Are  you  roaming,  longer  roaming, 

In  the  cold,  dark  night  of  doubt  and  sin? 

No,  I'm  coming,  cpiictkly  coming! 
Open,  Door,  make  haste  to  let  me  in ! 

362  7,8. 

Jesus  Vuill  forgive. 

COME,  ye  sinners,  come  to-day, 
Jesus  will  forgive  you  freely; 


230  MISCELLANY. 

All  your  sins  lie '11  wash  away, 
Jesus  will  forgive  you  freely. 

Refrain. — O  come  to-day! 

"sVliy  longer  stay  away? 
He  will  not  say  you  nay ; 

Jesus  will  forgive  you  freely. 

2  Come  unto  the  mercy-seat, 
Jesus  will  forgive  you  freely  ; 

Humbly  falling  at  his  feet, 
Jesus  will  forgive  you  freely. 

3  Lay  your  treasures  up  above, 
Jesus  will  forgive  you  freely ; 

Trust  the  riches  of  his  love, 
Jesus  will  forgive  you  freely. 

4  Earnestly  a  blessing  seek, 
Jesus  will  forgive  you  freely; 

Trembling  sinner,  faint  and  weak, 
Jesus  will  forgive  you  freely. 

5  He  is  able  all  to  save, 
Jesus  \n\\  forgive  you  freely; 

For  your  love  liis  blood  he  gave, 
Jesus  will  forgive  you  freely. 

0  Then,  ye  sinners,  come  to-day, 
.Jesus  will  forgive  you  freely; 

All  your  sins  he'll  vrash  away, 
Jesus  will  forgive  you  freely. 

363  7,6.  (457  Z.) 

0  when  shall  I  see  Jesus  f 

OWHEN  shall  I  see  Jesus, 
And  reign  with  him  above, 
And  drink  the  flowing  fountain 
Of  everlasting  love? 


MISCELLANY.  231 

When  shall  I  he  delivered 
From  this  vain  world  of  sin, 

And  with  my  blessed  Jesus 
Drink  endless  pleasures  in? 

Refrain. — Christ  is  all  the  world  to  me, 
And  his  glory  I  shall  see; 
And  before  I'd  leave  my  Saviour, 
I'd  lay  me  down  and  die. 

2  But  now  I  am  a  soldier; 
My  Captain  's  gone  before, 

Pie 's  given  me  my  orders, 
And  bids  me  not  give  o'er; 

And,  if  I  hold  out^ faithful, 
A  crown  of  life  he'll  give; 

And  all  his  valiant  soldiers 
Shall  ever  with  him  live. 

3  Whene'er  you  meet  with  troubles 
And  trials  on  your  way, 

O  cast  your  care  on  Jesus, 
And  do  n't  forget  to  pray  I 

Gird  on  the  heavenly  armor 
Of  faith,  and  Iiope,  and  love; 

And  when  the  combat's  ended, 
You'll  reign  witli  iiim  above. 

3G4  L.  M. 

By  and  by. 

IT  may  be  far,  it  may  be  near; 
There  is  a  hope,  there  is  a  fear ; 
But  in  tb.e  future  waiting,  I 
Shall  Jesus  see,  yes,  ''  by  and  by." 

Chorus. — By  and  by,  yes,  by  and  by. 
By  and  by,  yes,  by  jind  by; 
But  in  the  future  waiting,  I 
Shall  Jesus  see,  yes,  **by  and  by." 


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232  MISCELLANY. 

2  Impatient  soul,  and  murmuring  lieart, 
Your  murmuring  cease,  and  Lear  your  part 
Of  pain  and  labor  on  life's  road, 

For  soon  't  will  lead  thee  to  thy  God. 

3  Yes,  "by  and  by"  vdll  soon  be  now, 
And  God  shall  wipe  eacli  tear-stained  brow, 
The  Lamb  shall  feed  tliem  from  the  throne, 
To  living  fountains  lead  his  own, 

4  O  verdant  fields !  O  shining  shore ! 
The  Lamb  of  God  sj^reads  wide  the  door ; 
Ah,  golden  city,  surely  I 

Shall  see  thy  glories  "by  and  by!" 

365  '8,7.  (304  Z.) 

Gone  to  heaven. 
HY  lament  the  Christian  dying? 
Why  indulge  in  tears  or  gloom? 
Calmly  on  the  Lord  relying. 
He  can  greet  the  opening  tomb. 
Refrain. — We  '11  meet  again,  by  and  by! 
We'll  meet  again,  by  and  by! 
In  the  realms  of  endless  glory 
We  shall  meet,  yes,  by  and  by. 

2  Scenes  seraphic,  higli,  and  glorious, 
Now  forbid  his  longer  stay ; 

See  him  rise,  o'er  death  victorious! 
Angels  beckon  him  away. 

3  Hark,  the  golden  harps  are  ringing ! 
.  Sounds  unearthly  fill  his  ear : 

Millions  now  in  heaven  singing, 
Greet  his  joyful  entrance  there. 

366  L.  M. 

He  leadeth  me. 

HE  leadeth  me !  O  blessed  thought ! 
O  words  with  heavenlv  comfort  fraught ! 


MISCELLANY.  233 

Whate'er  I  do,  where'er  I  be, 

Still  'tis  God's  liand  that  leadeth  rae! 

Chorus. — He  leadeth  me,  leadeth  me ; 
He  leadeth  me, 
By  his  own  hand  he  leadeth  me. 

2  Sometimes,  'mid  scenes  of  deepest  gloom, 
Sometimes,  where  Eden's  bowers  bloom, 
By  waters  still,  o'er  troubled  sea — 

Still  'tis  his  hand  that  leadeth  me  ! 

3  Lord,  I  would  clasp  thy  hand  in  mine, 
Nor  ever  murmur  nor  repine : 
Content,  whatever  lot  I  see, 

Since  't  is  my  God  that  leadeth  me  ! 

4  And  when  my  task  on  earth  is  done. 
When,  by  thy  grace,  the  victory's  won. 
E'en  death's  cold  wave  I  will  not  flee. 
Since  God  through  Jordan  leadeth  me ! 

367  8s. 

The  Rock  that  is  higher  than  I. 

0  SOMETIMES  the  shadows  are  deep. 
And  rough  seems  the  path  to  the  goal. 
And  sorrows,  sometimes  how  they  swee]) 
Like  tempests  down  over  the  soul ! 

Chorus. 
O  then  to  the  Rock  let  me  fly. 
To  the  Bock  that  is  higher  than  I ! 
O  then  to  the  Bock  let  me  fly. 
To  the  Bock  that  is  higher  than  I ! 

2  O  sometimes  how  long  seems  the  day, 
And  sometimes  liow  weary  my  feet  I 

But  toiling  in  life's  dusty  way, 

The  Bock's  blessed  shadow  how  SAveet ! 

3  O  near  to  the  Bock  let  me  keep, 
If  blessings  or  sorrows  prevail ; 


234  MISCELLANY. 

Or  climbing  the  monntain-way  steep, 
Or  walking  the  sliadowy  vale ! 
Then,  quick  to  tlie  Eock  I  can  fly, 
To  the  Eock  that  is  higher  than  I. 

368  9,4. 

Footsteps  of  Jesus. 

SAVEETLY,  Lord,  have  we  heard  thee  calling, 
Come,  follow  me ! 
And  we  see  where  tliy  foot-prints  falling, 
Lead  us  to  thee. 

Chorus. 
Foot-prints  of  Jesus,  jthat  make  the  pathway 

glow; 
AVe  will  follow  the  steps  of  Jesus  where'er 

tliey  go. 

2  Though  they  lead  o'er  the  cold,  dark  mount- 

ains, 
Seeking  his  sheep ; 
Or  along  by  Siloara's  fountains, 
Helping  the  weak. 

3  If  they  lead  through  the  temple  holy, 

Preaching  the  word ; 
Or  in  homes  of  the  poor  and  lowly, 
Serving  the  Lord. 

4  Thougli,  dear  Lord,  in  thy  pathway  keeping. 

We  follow  tliee ; 
Through  tlie  gloom  of  that  place  of  weeping, 
Gethsemane! 

5  If  thy  way  and  its  sorrows  bearing. 

We  go  again. 
Up  the  slope  of  the  hill-side,  bearing 
Our  cross  of  pain. 

6  By  and  by,  tliroiigli  the  sliining  portals, 

Turning  our  feet, 


MISCELLANY.  235 

We  shall  walk  with  the  glad  immortals 
Heaven's  golden  street. 

7  Then  at  last,  when  on  high  he  sees  us, 

Our  journey  done, 
We  will  rest  where  the  steps  of  Jesus 

End  at  his  throne. 

869  lis. 

Revive  us  again. 

ALL  glory  and  praise  be  to  Jesus  our  Lord, 
So  plenteous  in  grace,  and  so  true  to  his 
word. 

Refrain. — Hallelujah  !  thine  the  glory, 
Hallelujah !  Amen. 
Hallelujah  !  thine  the  glory, 
Revive  us  again. 

2  To  us  he  hath  given  the  gift  from  above — 
The  earnest  of  heaven,  the  Spirit  of  love. 

3  Ye  all  may  receive,  who  on  Jesus  do  call. 
The  gift  of  his  Spirit — 'tis  proffered  to  all. 

4  The  peace  and  the  power  ye  sinners  embrace. 
And  look  for  the  shower — the  Spirit  of  grace. 


INDEX  OF  HYMNS. 


[The  Figuroi  refer  to  the  Hymn.] 

A  charge  to  keep  I  have,  C.  Wesley 227 

A  thousand  oracles  divine,  C.  Wesley 1 

According  to  thy  gracious  word,  J.  Montgomery...     96 

Alas!    and  did  my  Saviour  bleed,  Watts 146 

All  hail  the  power  of  Jesuy'  name,  Ed.  Perronet..    65 

All  praise  to  our  redeeming  Lord,  C.  Wesley 307 

All  praise  to  thee,  my  Cxod,'tliis  night.  Ken 331 

Almighty  God,  we  to  thy  praise, 293 

Amazing  grace!  how  sweet  tlie  sound,  J.  Newton..  242 

Am  I  a  soldier  of  tiie  cross.  Watts 241 

And  am  I  born  to  die?  (J.  Wesley 2(j4 

And  am  I  only  born  to  die?  C.  Wesley 2G;i 

And  art- we  yet  alive?   C.Wesley 87 

And  can  I  yet  delay?  C.  Wesley 142 

And  let  our  bodies  part,  C.  Wesley 86 

And  let  this  feeble  body  fail,  C.  Wesley 272 

And  must  I  be  to  judgment  brought?  C.  Wesley...  260 

And  must  this  body  die?  Watts 262 

And  now,  my  soul, "another  year,  Browne 301 

And  will  the'great,  eternal  God,  Doddridge 290 

Another  six  days'  work  is  done,  J.  Stennett 105 

Approach,  my  soul,  the  mercy-seat,  J.  Newton...  147 

Arise,  mysoiil,  arise,  C.  Wesley 156 

Arm  of  the  Lord,  awake,  awake,  C.  Wesley 72 

Author  of  faith,  eternal  Word,  C.  Wesley 162 

Awake,  Jerusalem,  awake,  C.  Wesley 73 

Awake,  my  soul,  and  with  the  sun,  Ken 330 

Awake,  my  sou! !  stretch  every  nerve,  Doddridge..  226 

Away!  my  needless  fears,  C.  Wesley 217 

Away,  my  unbelieving  fear,  C.  Wesley 240 

Be  it  my  only  wisdom  here,  C.  Wesley 230 

Before  Jehovah's  awful  throne,  Watts Id 

Behold  a  Stranger  at  the  door,  Joseph  Grigg 128 

Behold  th' amazing  sight!  Doddridge 2!) 

Behold  the  bhnd  their  .sight  receive,  Watts 25 

Behold  the  glories  of  the  Lamb,  Watts 52 

Behold  the  morning  sun,  Watts 17 

Behold  the  Saviour  of  mankind,  C.  Wesley 30 

Behold  the  sure  Foundation-stone,  Watts 291 

Behold  what  wondrous  grace.  Watts 164 

Blest  are  the  sons  of  peace.  Watts 328 

Blest  be  the  dear  uniting  love,  C.  Wesley 88 

Blest  be  the  tie  that  binds,  Fawcett 315 

Blow  ye  the  trumpet,  blou-,  C.  Wesley lU'J 

(236) 


INDEX    OF    HYMNS.  237 

Called  from  above,  I  rise,  C.  Weslky 32 

Oeiestiul  Dove,  Come  from  above,  Beddome (JG 

Children  of  the  heavenly  King,  Cennick 226 

Christ,  the  Lord,  is  risen  to-day,  C.  Wesley 41 

Come,  and  let  us  sweetly  join,  C.  Wesley olJ 

Come,   Father,  Son,  and  Holy  Ghost,  Honor  the 

means  ordained  by  thee,  C.  Wesley 91 

Come,  Father,  Son,  and  Holy  Ghost,  One  God  in 

persons  three,  C.  Wesley 327 

Coihe,  Holy  Ghost,  onr  hearts  inspire,  C.  Wesley..    6f 

Come,  Holy  Spirit,  come,  Beddome (52 

Come,  Holy  Spirit,  heavenly  Dove,  Watts G4 

Come,  humble  sinner,  in  whose  breast,  E.  Jones..  115 
Come,  let  us  anew  Our  journey  pursue,  C.  Wes- 
ley   297 

Come,  let  us  join  our  cheerful  songs,  Watts 49 

Come,  let  us  join  our  friends  above.  C.  Wesley 2?3 

Come,  let  us  join  with  one  accord,  C.  Wesley 104 

Come,  let  us  use  the  grace  divine,  C.  Wesley 300 

Come,  let  us  who  in  Christ  believe,  C.  Wesley 117 

Come,  Lord,  and  claim  me  for  thine  own,  C.  Wes- 
ley   177 

Come,  my  soul,  thy  sutt  prepare,  Newton 144 

Come,  O  thou  all-victorious  Lord,  C.  Wesley 120 

Come,  O  thou  Traveler  unknown,  C.  Wesley 150 

Come  on,  my  partners  in  distress,  C.  Wesley 229 

Come,  Saviour,  Jesus,  from  above,  J.  Wesley J76 

Come,  sinners,  to  the  gospel  feast,  C.  Wesley 110 

Come,  sound  iiis  praise  abroad.  Watts 10 

Com»,  thou  almighty  King,=:' 2 

Come,  tiiou  Fount  of  every  blessingf 237 

Come,  ye  disconsolate,  where'er  ye  languish,  T. 

MOOKE 130 

Come,  ye  sinners,  poor  and  needy.  Hart 129 

Come,  "ye  that  love  the  Lord,  Watts 221 

Commit  thou  all  thy  griefs,  J.  Wesley 218 

Day  by  day  the  manna  fell,  Conder 2:34 

Denth  of  mercy!  can  there  be,  C.  Wesley 152 

Did  Christ  o'er  sinners  weep?  Beddome 28 

Do  not  I  love  thee,  O  my  Lord?  Doddridue 222 

Draw  near,  O  Son  of  God,  draw  near,  C.  Wesley...     80 
Dread  Sovereign,  let  my  evening  song.  Watts 340 

Eternal  Power,  whose  high  abode,  Watts 3 

Far  from  my  thoughts,  vain  world,  begone.  Watts  107 
Father,  how  wide  thy  glory  shines,  Watts 7 


*  Attributel  to  0.  WeBley,  first  printed  17.>7. 

t  Genor.illy  attributed  to.  R.  Robiusou,  but  more  "eoeutly  to  Lady 
Huntingdon. 


238 


IliTDEX    OF    HYMNS. 


Father,  I  dare  believe,  C.  Wesley 186 

Father,  I  stretch  my  hands  to  thee,  C.  Wesley 140 

Father  of  Hghts!  thy  name, 295 

Fatlier  of  hghts!  with  one  accord, 294 

Fatiier  of  mercies,  hoar  our  prayers,  C.  Wesley..  296 

Father,  Son,  and  Holy  Ghost,  C' Weslky 187 

Father,  lo  thee  my  soul  I  lift,  C.  Wesley 213 

Forever  here  my  rest  shall  be,  G.  Wesley 173 

Forever  with  the  Lord,  ;RIoNTGOMEr.Y 274 

Fountain  of  life,  to  all  below,  C.  We.-ley S25 

From  all  that  dwell  below  the  skies.  Watts 281 

From  Greenland's  icy  mountains,  Heber 286 

From  every  stormy  wind  that  blows,  Btowell 320 

Give  me  the  wings  of  faith,  to  rise,  Watts 254 

Give  to  the  Father  praise.  Watts 346 

Give  to  the  winds  thy  fears,  J.  Wesley 219 

Glorious  things  of  thee  are  spoken,  J.  Newton 78 

Go,  preach  my  gospel,  saith  the  Lord,  Watts 79 

God  is  the  refuge  of  his  saints.  Watts 68 

God  moves  in  a  mysterious  way,  W.  Cowpeh 8 

God  of  all  consolation,  take  C.  Wesley 318 

God  of  almighty  love,  C.  Wesley 228 

God  of  my  life,  whose  gracious  power,  C.  Wesley      6 

Grace!  't  is  a  charming  sound,  Doddridge 56 

Gracious  Redeemer,  shake,  C.  Wesley 197 

Great  God,  attend,  while  Zion  sings.  Watts 71 

Great  God,  to  me  the  sight  afford,  0.  Wesley 12 

Great  is  the  Lord  our  God,  Watts 292 

Guide  me,  O  thou  great  Jehovah,  Wm.  Williams»206 

Hail  the  day  that  sees  him  rise,  C.  Weslf.y 42 

Hail!  thou  once  despised  Jesus,  .J.  Hakkwell 43 

Happy  soul,  thy  days  are  ended.  0.  Wesley 344 

Happy  the  man  that  finds  the  grace,  C.  Wesley...  158 

Happy  the  souls  to  Jesus  joined.  0.  Wesley 310 

Hark!  from  the  tombs  a  doleful  soimtl.  Watts 247 

Hark!  how  the  watchmen  cry,  C.Wesley 75 

Hark!  my  soul,  it  is  the  Lord,  W.  Cowpek 106 

Hark!    the  glad  sound,  the  Saviour  comes!  Dod- 
dridge       24 

Hark!  the  herald  angels  sing!  C.  Wesley 22 

Hasten,  sinner,  to  be  wise,  T.  Scott 122 

He  dies,  the  Friend  of  sinners  dies.  Watts 3'J 

Hear  what  the   voice    from    heaven   proclaims. 

Watts 246 

High  in  the  heavens,  eternal  God,  Watts 11 

Ho!  every  one  that  thirsts,  draw  ni2h,C.  Wesley..  Ill 

Holy  Lamb,  who  thee  confess,  C.  .Wesley 27 

How  beauteous  are  their  feet,  Watts 81 


INDEX    OF    HYMNS.  239 

Row  blest  the  righteous  wiien  he  dies,  Barbauld..  257 

How  can  a  sinner  know  C.  Wesley 163 

How  can  it  be,  thou  heavenly  King,  J.  Wesley...  169 

How  did  my  heart  rejoice  to  "hear,  Watts 70 

How   firm  a  foundation,  ye  saints   of  the   Lord, 

KiRKlCAM 238 

How  great  the  wisdom,  power,  and  grace,  Bed- 
dome 53 

How  happy  are  they  Who  their  Saviour  obev,  C. 

Wesley .". 170 

How  happy  every  child  of  grace,  C.  Wesley 271 

How  large  the  promise,  how  divine.  Watts 94 

How  long,  thou  faithful  God,  shall  I,  C.  Wesley...  102 

How  pleasant,  how  divinely  fair,  Watts 69 

How  rich  thy  bounty,  King  of  kings,  Doddridge...    84 

How  sad  our  state  by  nature  is.  Watts 137 

How  shall  the  young  secure  their  hearts,.  Watts...  288 
How  sweet  thename  of  Jesus  sounds,  J.  Newton..  50 
How  tedious  and  tasteless  the  hours,  .7.  Newton...  235 
How  vain  are  all  things  here  below.  Watts 214 

I  know  that  my  Redeemer  lives,  C.  Wesley 180 

T  love  thv  kingdom.  Lord,  T.  Dwight 312 

I  the  good  fight  have  fought,  C.  Wesley 207 

I  thirst,  thou  wounded  Lamb  of  God,  J.  Wesley...  168 

I  want  a  principle  within,  C.  Wesley 212 

1  would  not  live  alway :  I  ask  not  to  stay,  Muhlen- 
berg  '. 275 

I'll  praise  my  Maker  while  I've  breath,  Watts...    21 

In  evil  long  I  took  delight,  J.  Newton 139 

In  the  Christian's  home  in  glory 276 

In  the  soft  season  of  thy  youthji  Gibbons 126 

Jerusalem,  my  happy  home,='= 266 

Jesus,  accept  the  praise,  C.  Wesley 89 

Jesus,  and  shall  it  ever  be,  Grigg 203 

Jesus,  great  Shepherd  of  the  sheep,  C.  Wesley...  311 

Jesus,  1  love  thy  charming  name,  Doddridge 51 

Jesus,  I  my  cross  have  taken,  Henry  F.  Lyte 232 

Jesus,  let  all  thy  lovers  shine,  C.  Wesley 215 

Jesus,  let  thy  pitying  eye,  C.  Wesley 131 

Jesus,  Lover  of  my  soul,  C.  Wesley 138 

Jesus,  my  all,  to  heaven  is  gone,  Cennick I'lS 

Jesus,  m'y  strength,  my  hope,  C.  Wesley 326 

Jesus,  my  truth,  my  way,  C.  Wesley 196 

Jesus  shall  reign  where'er  the  sim.  Watts 280 

Jesus,  the  Conqueror,  reigns,  C.  Wesley 74 

*  Imitation  of  an  old  Latin  hymn  :  it  has  been  erroneously  at- 
tributed to  J.  Montgomery,  Burkitt,  David  Dickson,  and  others,  whf 
printed  it,  with  variations,  from  an  old  MS.  in  the  British  Museum. 


210  INDEX    OF    HYMNS. 

Jesus,  the  name  high  over  all,  C.  Weslei 85 

Jesus,  thou  all-redeemin,^  Lorrl,  C.  Wesi,ey 123 

Jesus,  tliou  eveiiastino;  King,  Watts 160 

Jesus,  thy  blessings  are  not  few,  Watts 124 

Jesus,  thy  blood  and  righteousness,  J.  Wesley...  161 

Jesus,  united  by  thy  grace,  C.  Wesley S09 

Jesus,  we  look  to  thee,  C.  Wesi-ey 306 

Joy  is  a  fruit  tliat  will  not  grow,  J.  Newton 155 

Joy  to  the  world — the  Lord  is  come!  Watts 23 

Just  as  I  am,  without  one  plea,  Elliott 153 

Let  all  who  truly  bear,  C.  Wesley 101 

Let  earth  and  heaven  agree,  C.  Wesley 157 

Let  everlasting  glories  crown.  Watts 289 

Let  every  mortal'  ear  attend.  Watts 119 

Let  every  tongue  thy  goodness  speak.  Watts 20 

Let  him  to  vvhom  we"  now  belong,  C.  Wesley 178 

Let  Zion's  watchmen  all  awake,  Doddridge 82 

Life  is  a  span,  a  fleeting  hour,  Anne  Steele 253 

Lord,  all  I  am  is  known  to  thee.  Watts 19 

Lord,  dismiss  us  with  thy  blessing- 345 

Lord  God,  the  Holy  Ghost,  J.  Montgomery 59 

Lord,  how  secure  and  blest  are  they,  Watts 167 

Lord,  I  believe  a  rest  remains,  0.  Wesi,ey Hi 

Lord,  in  the  morning  thou  shalt  hear.  Watts 329 

Lord,  in  the  strength  of  grace,  C.  Wesley 183 

Lord  of  the  harvest,  hear,  C.  Wesley 83 

Lord,  'tis  a  pleasant  thing  to  stand  Watts 7G 

Lord,  we  are  vile,  conceived  in  sin.  Watts 133 

Lord,  we  believe  to  us  and  ours,  C.  Wesley 57 

Lord,  we  come  before  thee  now.  Hart 200 

fjord,  whom  winds  and  seas  obey,  C.  Wesley 305 

Loving  Jesus,  gentle  Lamb,  C.  Wesley 189 

Majestic  sweetness  sits  enthroned,  S.  Stennett...  47 

My  dear  Redeemer  and  my  Lord,  Watts 26 

My  drowsy  powers,  why  sfeep  ye  so?  Watts 105 

My  faith  looks  up  to  thee,  R.  Palmer 171 

My  God!  and  is  thy  table  spread?  Doddridge 9E 

My  God,  how  endless  is  thv  love,  Watts 336 

My  God,  I  know,  I  feel  thee  mine,  C.  Wesley 185 

My  God,  my  life,  my  love.  Watts 4 

My  God,  my  portion,  and  my  love,  Watts 2K 

My  God,  the  spring  of  all  my  joys.  Watts 159 

My  Saviour,  m'v  almighty  Friend,  Watts 193 

My  soul,  be  on  thy  guard,  Heath 208 

My  soul,  repeat  his  praise.  Watts     15 

My  span  of  life  will  soon  be  done,  Mrs.  Cowper...  224 

*  From  a  OoUeciiou  of  Psalms  and  Hyinus,  by  J.  and  W.  Oliver, 
London,  1771. 


INDEX    OF    HYMNS.  24] 

Nature  with  open  volume  stands,  Watis 4(i 

Not  all  the  blood  of  beasts,  Watts ;{.'> 

Now  from  the  altar  of  our  hearts,  .J.  Mason '.HI 

Now  let  the  Father,  and  the  Son,  Watts .'547 

O  bless  the  Lord,  my  soul,  Watts 14 

O  come  and  dwell  in  me,  C.  Wesley 58 

< )  for  a  closer  walk  \vith  God,  W.  Cowpek 141 

()  for  a  thousand  tongues  to  sing,  C.  Wesley 154 

()  for  a  heart  to  praise  my  God,  C.  Wesley 182 

<)  for  that  tenderness  of  "heart.  C.  Wesley 135 

O  for  the  death  of  those,  J.  Montgomery 2(31 

O  God,  our  help  in  ages  past.  Watts 244 

Ohappvdav,  that  fixed  my  choiee,  Doddridoe 3i;-5 

O  jovful  sound  of  gospel  grace,  C.  We^^ley 181 

()  Love  Divine,  how  sweet  thou  art!  C.  Wesley 149 

<)  may  thy  powerful  word,  C  Wesley ;>2l 

()  might  my  lot  be  east  with  these,  C.  Wesley 77 

O  my  offended  God,  C.Wesley 14;{ 

<)  rigliteous  God,  thou  Judj^e  supre;ne,  Doddridge  'M2 

<3  that  I  could  repent,  C.  Wesley 134 

I)  that  in  me  the  sacred  fire,  C.  Wesley 179 

O  that  my  load  of  sin  were  gone,  C.  Wesley 175 

"thou  God  of  my  salvation-''- 105 

U  thou  that  wouldst  not  have,  0.  Wesley 2(J5 

(>  thou  to  whose  all-s(»arehing  sight,  J.  Wesley 23Q 

O  thou  who  earnest  from  above,  C.  Wesley 205 

O  thou  whom  all  thy  saints  adore,  C.  Weslky 5 

O  tliou  whom  once  they  flocked  to  hear,  C.  Wesley  145 

(.)  where  shall  rest  be  found?  J.  MoNtdoMERV 2c:} 

Of  him  who  did  salvation  V)rin<it ..    45 

O'er  the  gloomy  hills  of  darkness,  Wm.  Williams..  283 

Omnipresent  God,  whose  aid,  C.  Wesley 3:52 

On  Jordan's  stormy  banks  I  stand,  S.  Stennett...  208 

On  the  mountain-top  appearing, 282 

t)nce  more,  my  soul,  the  rising' day.  Watts 337 

Once  more  we  come  before  our  God,  Hart 1!'!» 

One  sweetly  solemn  thought,  P.  Gary 27!t 

Our  Lord  is  risen  from  the  dead,  C.  Wesley 4<) 

IMnnged  in  a  gulf  of  dark  despair.  Watts 41 

I'raise  God.  from  wiiom  all  blessings  flow,  Kkn 348 

Praise  to  the  Father,  and  the  Son, 349 

Prayer  is  appointed  to  convey.  Hart '2(i2 

Prayer  is  the  soul's  sincere  desire,  J.  Montgomery  324 

»  From  "Pocket  Hymi)  hook."  the  first  Rymn-book  puhlinhed  foi 
thfi  Methodist  Rpi'^copHi  Church,  by  Bishops  Coke  and  AKburT — at- 
tributed to  Olivers.     1769, 

I  Krotn  a  translation  of  a  T.atin  hviun  by  St.  Rerrard.  by  Anthony 
William  Boehni,  abridecd  la  "A  Colleclioa  of  PsaluLs  uud  Hymns, "' 
by  J.  and  C.  Wesley,  1741. 


242  INDEX    OF    HYMNS. 

Religion  is  the  chief  eoncern  Favvcett 211 

Repent,  the  voice  celestial  cries,  Doddridge 118 

Return,  O  wnnderer,  return,  Coi.lykk 113 

Rise,  my  soul,  and  stretch  thy  wings,  R.  Seagkave  IDl 

Rock  of  ages,  cleft  for  rne,  Toplady 34 

Safely  through  another  week,  J.  Newton 1U3 

Salvation!  6  the  joyful  sound,  Watts , 5-4 

Saviour,  breathe  an  evening  blessing,  J.  Edsieston  341 

See  how  great  a  flame  aspires,  C.  Wesley 284 

See  how  the  morning  sun  Scott '6'S.i 

See  Israel's  gentle  Shepherd  stand,  Uoddkidge 92 

Servant  of  God,  well  done,  J.  Montgomeky 278 

Shepherd  Divine,  our  wants  relieve.  C.  Wesley 3.J2 

Show  pity,  Lord,  O  Lord,  forgive.  Watts 13-2 

Shrinking  from  the  cold  hand  of  death,  C.  Wesley  248 

Since  all  the  varying  scenes  of  time  J.  Heuvey 9 

Sing  to  the  great  Jehovah's  praise,  C.  Wesley 2!)8 

Sinners,  obey  the  gospel  word,  C.  Wesley 114 

Sinners,  the  voice  of  God  regard,  Fawcett 116 

Sinners,  turn,  why  will  ye  die?  C.  Wesley lil 

So  let  our  lips  and  lives"express  Watt* 2ul 

Soldiers  of  Christ,  arise,  C.  Wesley 210 

Sow  in  the  morn  thy  seed,  J.  Montgomery 220 

Sjjirit  of  faith,  come  down,  C.  Wesley 00 

Stay,  thou  insulted  bpirit,  stay,«C.  Wesley 61 

Sweet  is  the  work,  my  God,  my  King,  Watts loO 

Sweet  the  moments,  rich  in  blessing* 172 

Talk  with  us,  Lord,  thyself  reveal,  C.  Wesley 194 

'i't'ai-h  me.  my  God  and  King,  Herdeet 231 

That  awfi;l  day  will  surely  come,  Watts 259 

Thai  doleful  night  before  his  death,  Hart 95 

The  day  is  past  and  gone,  John  Leland 334 

,~--«U'he  daylight  lades.  The  evening  shades 339 

f     The  day  of  wrath,  that  dreadful  day,  W.  Scott 200 

The  God  of  Abrah'm  praise,  T.  Olivers 190 

The  heavens  declare  thy  glory,  Lord,  W^atts 287 

The  King  of  heaven  his"  table  spreads,  Doddridge    99 

The  Lord  is  risen  indeed,  Kelly 38 

The  Lord  my  Shepherd  is.  Watts 18 

The  Lord  ofglory  is  my  light.  Watts 67 

The  Lord  of  Sabbath  let  us  praise,  S.  Wesley,  jr..    37  ' 

"°^^he  morning  bright.  With  rosy  light 338 

The  morning  flowers  display  their  sweets,  S.  Wes- 
ley, jr 255 

The  praying  Spirit  breathe.  C    Wesley 323 

The  promise  of  my  Father's  love  Watts 97 

*Attributed  bj  some  to  Christopher  Batty:  it  has  alao  been  cred- 
ited tu  several  others— particularly  James  Allen  and  W.  Shirley. 


INDEX    OF    HYMNS.  24:6 

The  thing  my  God  doth  hate,  C.  Wesi-ey 184 

Tliee  we  adore,  eternal  Name,  Watts 258 

There  is  a  fountain  filled  with  bloo(i,  W.  Cowper...    33 

There  is  a  land  of  pure  delight.  Watts 267 

Thine  earthly  Sabbatlis,  Lord,  we  love,  Dohduioge  lOS 

This  is  the  feast  of  heavenly  wine,  W.  Cowper 100 

Thou  art  gone  to  the  grave— but  we  will  not  de- 
plore thee,  Heber 277 

[   Thou  Judge  of  quick  and  dead.  C.  Wesley 29!) 

Thou  seest  my  feeVjleness,  C.  Wesley 198 

Tliou  Shepherd  of  Israel  and  mine,  C.  Wesley 236 

Thou  Son  of  God,  whose  flaming  eyes,  C.  Wesley  125 
'   Through  all  the  changing  scenes  of  life,  Buady  & 

,       Tate 223 

■   Through  all  the  lofty  sky.  Gibbons 303 

Thus  far  the  Lord  hath  led  me  on.  Watts 335 

Thus  Lydia  sanctified  her  house.  Watts 93 

'   Thy  ceaseless,  unexhausted  love,  C.  Wesley 13 

i   Thy  life  I  read,  my  gracious  Lord,  S.  Stexnett....  252 

I    'Tis  mv  happiness  below,  W.  Cowper 233 

To-morrow,  Lord,  is  thine,  Doddridge 127 

Try  us,  O  God,  and  search  the  ground,  C.  Wesley  317 
'Twas  the  commission  of  our  Lord,  Watts 'JO 

Unveil  thy  bosom,  faithful  tomb,  Watts 25(3 

Vain,  dehisive  world,  adieu,  C.  Wesley 192 

Watchman,  tell  us  of  the  night,  Bowrino 285 

We  thank  thee,  Lord  of  heaven  and  earth,  Cottle  304 

What  are  these  arrayed  in  white,  C.  Wesley 270 

What  sinners  value,*!  resign,  Watts 251 

What  various  hind'rances  we  meet,  W.  Cowper....  319 

When  ail  thy  mercies,  0  my  God,  J.  Addison 31G 

When  1  can  read  my  title  clear  Watts 243 

When  I  survey  the  wondrous  cross,  Watts 31 

When  Jesus  dwelt  in  mortal  clay,  Gibboxs 204 

When,  my  Saviour,  shall  1  be,  C.  Wesley 188 

When  shall  thy  love  constrain,  C.  Wesley 136 

While  life  prolon.^s  its  precious  livtht,  T.  Dwight...  112 
While  thee  I  seek,  protecting  Power,  Williams...  343 

Why  do  we  mourn  departing'  friends?  Watts 245 

Why  should  the  children  of  a  King  Watts 03 

Why  should  we  start  and  fear  to  die?  Watts 240 

With  joy  we  meditate  the  grace  Watts 48 

Witness,  ye  men  and  angels,  now,  Beddome 308 

Ye  servants  of  the  Lord,  Doddridoe 209 

Yes!  the  Redeemer  rose,  Doddridge 36 

Yield  to  me  now,  for  I  am  weak,  C.  Wesley 151 


244  INDEX    OF    HYMNS. 

INDEX  TO  MISCELLANY. 

All  glory  and  praise  be  to  Jesus  our  Lord, 369 

Are  you  staying,  safely  staying, 361 

Come,  ye  sinners,  come  to-day, 362 

He  leadeth  me!  O  blessed  thought! ■....  366 

I  am  coming  to  the  cross 355 

It  may  be  far,  it  may  be  near, 364 

Laden  with  a  heavy  burden, 35(J 

Nearer,  my  God,  to  thee, 351 

^^earer,  my  God,  to  thee, 352 

O  sometimes  the  shadows  are  deep, 367 

O  think  of  a  home  over  there, 357 

O  when  shall  I  see  Jesus, 36? 

Saviour,  more  tlmn  life  to  me 35E 

Sweetly,  Lord,  have  we  heard  thee  calling, 36S 

Take  the  name  of  Jesus  with  you, 353 

There's  a  land  that  is  fairer  than  day, 354 

There  is  joy  in  heaven  to-day, t 358 

Up  to  the  bountiful  Giver  of  life, 356 

What  a  friend  we  have  in  Jesus, 360 

Why  lament  the  Christian  dying?  Hastings 365 


J^. 


■s.*-' 


ORDER  OF  PUBLIC  WORSHIP. 

The  Discipline  of  the  ]\L  E.  Church, 
South,  contains  this  Directory : 

Ques.  1.  What  directions  are  given  for  uni- 
formity in  public  Avorship? 

Am^.  1.  The  morning  service  shall  be  con- 
ducted in  the  following  order : 

(1)  Singing— the  congregation  standing. 

(2)  Prayer — the  congregation  kneeling. 

(3)  Reading  a  lesson  out  of  the  Old  Testa- 
ment and  another  out  of  the  New. 

(4)  Singing — the  congregation  sitting. 

(5)  Preaching. 

(6)  Singing — the  congregation  standing. 

(7)  Prayer — the  congregation  kneeling. 

(8)  Benediction. 

2.  The  afternoon  and  evening  service  shall 
be  the  same  as  the  morning,  except  that  one  of 
the  lessons,  or  both,  may  be  omitted,  at  the  dis- 
cretion of  the  minister. 

3.  The  Lord's  Supper  shall  be  administered 
monthly,  in  every  congregation,  wherever  it  is 
practicable;  and  where  it  is  not,  at  every  quar- 
terly meeting.  Let  the  service  preceding  the 
administration  be  so  proportioned  as  to  admit 
of  due  time  for  this  solemn  ordinance. 

4.  Let  the  Lord's  Prayer  be  used  on  all  oc- 
casions of  public  worship,  in  concluding  the 
first  morning  prayer,  the  congregation  repeat- 
ing after  the  minister ;  and  the  apostolic  bene- 
diction (2  Cor.  xiii.  14)  in  dismissing  the  con- 
gregation. 

0.  The  Ritual  shall  be  invariably  used  in 
all  tlie  offices  for  which  it  is  prescribed. 

(245) 


246  USE    OF    THE    RITUAL. 

USE  OF  THE  RITUAL. 

And  let  all  the  people  saj^ 
Araen. 

This  is  a  very  ancient  and  scriptural  part  of 
tbe  liturgy. 

When  the  baptism  of  infants  or  adults  is  per- 
formed, let  every  one  present  turn  to  the  Kit- 
iial  for  the  occasion,  and  at  the  end  of  each 
petition  by  the  minister  (as  laid  do'vvn)  say, 
audibly,  Amen. 

So,  also,  in  the  administration  of  the  Lord's 
Supper. 

Tlie  congregation  are  thus  joined  together 
in  the  solemn  service,  and  are  not  spectators, 
but  worshipers. 

When  the  vows  are  taken,  as  i-n  adult  bap- 
tism and  the  reception  or  recognition  of  Church- 
members,  the  candidates  in  each  case  should 
be  supplied  with  the  book,  and  answer  accord- 
ingly. 


THE  i^lir^lSTRATION  OF  BAPTiSr^l  TO 
INFANTS. 

The  minister,  coming  to  the  font,  which  is  to  be  filled 
with  pure  water,  shall  use  the  foUowiog,  or  some 
other'suitable  exhortation: 

Dearly  beloved,  forasmuch  as  all  men  are 
conceived  and  born  in  sin,  and  that  our  Saviour 
Christ  saith,  Except  a  man  be  born  of  water 
and  of  the  Spirit,  he  cannot  enter  into  the  king- 
dom of  God :  I  beseech  you  to  call  upon  God 
the  Father,  through  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ, 
that  of  his  bounteous  mercy  he  will  grant  to 
this  child  that  which  by  nature  he  cannot  have: 
that  }ie  may  be  baptized  with  water  and  the 
Holy  Ghost,  and  received  into  Christ's  holy 


BAPTISM    OF    INFANTS.  247 

Church,  and  be  made  a  lively  member  of  the 
same. 

Then  shall  the  minister  say, 
Let  us  pray. 

Almighty  and  everlasting  God,  we  beseech 
thee  for  thine  infinite  mercies,  that  thou  wilt 
look  upon  this  child:  wash  him  and  sanctify 
him  with  the  Holy  Ghost;  that  he,  being  de- 
livered from  thy  wrath,  may  he  received  into 
the  ark. of  Christ's  Church,  and  being  steadfast 
in  faith,  joyful  through  hope,  and  rooted  in 
love,  may  so  pass  the  Avaves  of  this  trouble- 
some world,  that  finally  he  may  come  to  the 
land  of  everlasting  life,  there  to  reign  with 
thee,  world  without  end,  through  Jesus  Christ 
our  Lord;     Amen. 

O  merciful  God,  grant  tliat  the  old  Adam 
in  this  child  may  be  so  buried,  that  the  new  man 
may  be  raised  up  in  him.     Amen. 

Grant  that  ail  carnal  affections  may  die  in 
him,  and  that  all  things  belonging  to  the  Sj^irit 
may  live  and  grow  in  him.     Amen. 

Grant  tiiat  he  may  have  j)ower  and  strength 
to  have  victory,  and  to  triumph  against  the 
devil,  the  v,'orld,  and  the  flesh.     Amen. 

Grant  that  whosoever  is  dedicated  to  thee  by 
our  office  and  ministry  may  also  be  endued  with 
heavenly  virtues,  and  everlastingly  rewarded 
through  thy  mercy,  O  blessed  Lord  God,  who 
dost  live  and  govern  all  things,  world  without 
end.     Amen. 

Almighty,  ever-living  God,  wliose  most  dear- 
ly-beloved Son  Jesus  Christ,  for  the  forgiveness 
of  our  sins,  did  shed  out  of  his  most  precious 
side  both  water  and  blood,  and  gave  command- 
m.ent  to  his  disciples  that  they  should  go  teach 
all  nations,  and  baptize  them  in  the  name  of 
the  Father,  and  of  the  Son,  and  of  the  Holy 


248  BAPTISM    OF    INFANTS. 

Ghost:  regard,  we  beseech  thee,  the  supplica- 
tions of  thy  congregation;  and  grant  that  IhiJi 
child,  now  to  be  baptized,  may  receive  the 
fuUness  of  thy  grace,  and  ever  remain  in  the 
number  of  thy  faithful  and  elect  children, 
through  Jesus  Christ  our  Lord.     Amen. 

Then  shall  the  people  stand  up;  and  the  minister 

shall  say, 

Hem  the  icords  of  fhe  Gospel,  written  by  St.  Mark,  in  the 

tenth  chapter ,  at  the  thirteentli  verse:  , 

They  brought  young  children  to  Christ,  that 
he  should  touch  them.  And  his  disciples  re- 
buked those  that  brought  them ;  but  when  Jesus 
3aw  it,  he  was  much  displeased,  and  said  unto 
them.  Suffer  the  little  children  to  come  unto 
me,  and  forbid  them  not,  for  of  such  is  the 
kingdom  of  God.  Verily  I  say  unto  you, 
Whosoever  shall  not  receive  the  kingdom  of 
God  as  a  little  child,  he  shall  not  enter  therein. 
And  he  took  them  up  in  his  arms,  put  his  h*nds 
upon  them,  and  blessed  them. 

Then  the  minister,  addressing  the  parents,  or  others 
presenting  the  child,  shall  say, 

In  causing  this  child  to  be  brought  by  baptism 
into  the  Church  of  Christ,  it  is  your  duty  to 
teach  him  to  renounce  the  devil  and  all  his 
works,  the  vain  pomp  and  glory  of  the  world, 
with  all  covetous  desires  of  the  same,  and  the 
carnal  desires  of  the  flesh,  so  that  he  may  not 
follow  or  be  led  by  them;  to  believe  all  the 
articles  of  the  Christian  ftiith ;  and  to  obe- 
diently keep  God's  holy  will  and  command- 
ments all  the  days  of  his  life. 

Then  the  minister  shall  take  the  child  into  his  hands, 
if  convenient,  and  say  to  the  friends  of  the  child, 

i»J'ame  this  cLxld. 


BAPTISM.  249 

And  then,  naming  it  after  them,  he  shall  sprinkle  or 
pour  water  upon  it  (or,  if  desjred,  immerse  it  in 
water),  saying, 

N.,  I  baptize  thee  in  the  name  of  the  Father, 
and  of  the  Son,  and  of  the  Holy  Ghost.     Amen. 

The  minister  may,  at  his  di?<cretion,  lay  hands  on  the 
subject,  accompanying  the  act  with  a  suitable  in- 
vocation, and  tlien,"  ail  kneeling,  close  with  extem- 
poraneous devotions  and  the  Lord's  Prayer. 

Our  Father  who  art  in  heaven,  hallowed  be 
thy  name ;  thy  kingdom  come ;  thy  will  be 
done  on  earth,  as  it  is  in  heaven ;  give  us  this 
day  our  daily  bread ;  and  forgive  us  our  tres- 
passes, as  we  forgive  those  who  trespass  against 
us ;  and  lead  us  not  into  temptation,  but  deliver 
us  fi'oni  evil.     Amen. 


THE  MINISTRATION  OF  BAPTISM  TO  SUCH 
AS  ARE  OF  RIPER  YEARS. 

The  minister,  coming  to  the  font,  which  is  to  be  filled 
with  pure  water,  shall  use  the  following,  or  some 
other  suitable  exhortation: 

Dearly  beloved,  forasmuch  as  all  men  are 
conceived  and  born  in  sin  (and  that  which  is 
born  of  the  flesh  is  flesh,  and  they  that  are  in 
the  flesh  cannot  please  God,  but  live  in  sin, 
committing  many  actual  transgressions),  and 
that  our  Saviour  Christ  saith,  Except  a  man  be 
born  of  water  and  of  the  Spirit,  he  cannot  en- 
ter into  the  kingdom  of  God  :  I  beseecli  you  to 
call  upon  God  the  Father,  through  our  Lord 
Jesus  Christ,  that  of  liis  bounteous  goodness  he 
will  grant  to  these  persons  that  which  by  nature 


250  BAPTISM   OF   SUCH   AS 

they  cannot  have:  that  they  may  be  baptized 
with  water  and  tlie  Holy  Ghost,  and  received 
into  Christ's  holy  Church,  and  be  made  lively 
members  of  the  same. 

Then  shall  the  minister  saj-, 

Almighty  and  immortal  God,  the  aid  of  all 
that  need,  the  helper  of  all  that  flee  to  thee  for 
succor,  the  life  of  them  that  believe,  and  the 
resurrection  of  the  dead-  we  call  upon  thee  for 
(hese  persons  now  to  be  baptised.  Receive  tliem, 
O  Lord,  as  thou  hast  promised  by  thy  well- 
beloved  Son,  saying,  Ask,  and  ye  shall  receive ; 
seek,  and  ye  shall  find;  knock,  and  it  shall  be 
opened  unto  you:  so  give  now  unto  us  that 
ask;  let  us  that  seek  find;  open  the  gate  unto 
us  that  knock;  that  these  persons  may  enjoy  tlie 
everlasting  benediction  of  thy  lieavenly  wash- 
ing, and  may  come  to  the  eternal  kingdom 
which  thou  hast  promised  by  Christ  our  Lord. 
Amen. 

Then  shall  the  people  stand  up,  P.nd  the  mini:^ter 

shall  say, 

Rear  the  xvorda  of  the  Gospel,  ivritfen  by  St.  John,  in  the 

third  chapter,  beginning  at  the  first  verse: 

There  was  a  man  of  the  Pharisees,  named 
Nicodemus,  a  ruler  of  the  Jews :  the  same  came 
to  Jesus  by  night,  and  said  unto  him,  Rabbi, 
we  know  that  thou  art  a  teaclier  come  ^j  from 
God;  for  no  man  can  do  these  miracles  that 
thou  doest,  except  God  be  witli  him.  Jesus  an- 
swered and  said  unto  him.  Verily,  verily.  1 
say  unto  thee.  Except  a  man  be  born  again,  he 
cannot  see  the  kingdom  of  God.  Nicodemus 
saith  unto  him.  How  can  a  man  be  born  wlien 
he  is  old  ?  Can  he  enter  the  second  time  into 
his  mother's  womb,  and  be  born?  Jesus  an- 
swered, ^"eriiy,  verily,  I  say  unto  thee,  Except 


ARE    OF    RIPER  YEARS.  251 

a  man  be  Lorn  of  water,  and  of  the  Spirit,  he 
cannot  enter  into  the  kingdom  of  God.  That 
which  is  born  of  the  flesh  is  flesh;  and  that 
which  is  born  of  the  Spirit  is  spirit.  Marvel 
not  tliat  I  said  unto  thee,  Ye  must  be  born 
again.  The  wind  bloweth  where  it  listeth,  and 
tiiou  hearest  tlie  sound  thereof,  but  canst  not 
tell  wJience  it  cometli,  and  whither  it  goeth ; 
so  is  every  one  that  is  born  of  the  Spirit. 

Then  the  minister  shall  speak  to  the  persons  to  be 
baptized  on  this  wise: 

"Well-beloved,  who  are  come  hither,  desiring 
to  receive  holy  baptism,  ye  have  heard  how  the 
congregation  hath  prayed  that  our  Lord  Jesus 
Christ  would  vouchsafe  to  receive  you,  and  bless 
you,  to  release  you  of  your  sins,  to  give  you  the 
kingdom  of  heaven,  and  everlasting  life.  And 
our  Lord  Jesus  Christ  hath  promised  in  his 
holy  word  to  grant  all  tliose  things  that  we 
have  prayed  for ;  which  promise  he  for  his  part 
will  most  surely  keep  and  perform. 

Wherefore  after  this  promise  made  by  Christ, 
ye  must  also  faithfully,  for  your  part,  promise, 
in  the  presence  of  this  Avhole  congregation, 
tliatye  tt/uY/ renounce  the  devil  and  all  his  works, 
and  constantly  believe  God's  lioly  word,  and 
obediently  keep  his  commandments. 

Then  sh.all  the  minister  demand  of  each  of  the  per- 
sons to  be  baptized,  severally: 

Ques.  Dost  thou  renounce  the  devil  and  all 
his  works,  the  vain  pomp  and  glory  of  the 
world,  with  all  covetous  desires  of  the  same, 
and  the  carnal  desires  of  the  flesh,  so  that  thou 
wilt  not  follow  or  be  led  by  them? 

Ans.  I  renounce  them  all. 

Que'^.  Dost  thou  believe  in  God  the  Father 
Aluiightv,  maker  of  heaven  and  earth?  and  in 


252  BAPTISM. 

Jesus  Christ,  his  only-begotten  Son,  our  Lord? 
and  that  he  was  conceived  by  the  Holy  Ghost, 
born  of  the  Virgin  Mary?  that  he  suflered 
under  Pontius  Pilate,  was  crucified,  dead,  and 
buried  ?  that  he  rose  again  the  third  day?  that 
he  ascended  into  heaven,  and  sitteth  at  the 
right-hand  of  God  the  Father  Almighty,  and 
from  thence  shall  come  again,  at  the  end  of 
the  world,  to  judge  the  quick  and  the  dead? 

And  dost  tliou  believe  in  the  Holy  Ghost, 
the  Church  of  God,  the  communion  of  saints, 
the  remission  of  sins,  the  resurrection  of  the 
body,  and  everlasting  life  after  death  ? 

Ans.  All  this  I  steadfastly  believe. 

Ques.  Wilt  thou  be  baptized  iu  this  faith? 

Ans.  This  is  my  desire. 

Ques.  Wilt  thou  then  obediently  keep  God's 
holy  will  and  commandments,  and  v/alk  in  the 
same  all  the  days  of  thy  life  ? 

Ans.  I  will  endeavor  so  to  do,  God  being  my 
helper. 

Then  shall  the  minister  saj', 

O  merciful  God,  grant  that  the  old  Adam  in 
these  persons  may  be  so  buried,  that  the  new 
man  may  be  raised  up  in  them.     A^nen. 

Grant  that  all  carnal  affections  may  die  in 
them,  and  that  all  things  belonging  to  the  Spirit 
may  live  and  grow  in  them.     Amen. 

Grant  that  they  may  liave  power  and  strength 
to  have  victory,  and  to  triumph  against  the 
devil,  the  world,  and  the  flesh.     Amen. 

Grant  that  they,  being  here  dedicated  to  thee 
by  our  office  and  ministry,  may  also  be  endued 
with  heavenly  virtues,  and  everlastingly  re- 
warded, through  thy  mercy,  O  blessed  Lord 
God,  who  dost  live  and  govern  all  things,  world 
without  end.     Amen. 


RECEPTION    AND    RECOGNITION.    253 

Almighty,  ever-living  God,  whose  most  dear- 
ly-beloved Son  Jesus  Christ,  for  the  forgive- 
ness of  our  sins,  did  shed  out  of  his  most  pre- 
cious side  both  water  and  blood;  and  gave 
commandment  to  his  disciples,  that  they  should 
go  teach  all  nations,  and  baptize  them  in  the 
name  of  the  Father,  and  of  the  Son,  and  of 
the  Holy  Ghost:  regard,  we  beseech  thee,  the 
supplications  of  this  congregation ;  and  grant 
that  the  persons  now  to  be  baptized  may  receive 
the  fullness  of  thy  grace,  and  ever  remain  in 
the  number  of  thy  faithful  and  elect  children, 
through  Jesus  Christ  our  Lord.     Amen. 

Then  shall  the  minister  take  each  person  to  be  bap- 
tized by  the  right-hand;  and  placing  him  conven- 
iently "by  the  font,  according  to  his  discretion, 
shall"  ask  the  name;  and  then  shall  sprinkle  or 
pour  water  upon  him  (or,  if  he  shall  desire  it,  shall 
immerse  him  in  water),  saying, 

N.,  I  baptize  thee  in  the  name  of  the  Father, 
and  of  the  Son,  and  of  the  Holy  Ghost.     Amen. 

The  minister  may,  at  his  discretion,  lay  hands  on  the 
subject,  accom'panying  the  act  with  a  suitable  invo- 
cation. 


FORM  OF  THE  RECEPTION  AND  RECOGNI- 
TION OF  CHURCH-MEMBERS. 

The  minister  shall  cause  the  candidates  to  be  placed 
conveniently  before  the  congregation,  and  aft"r 
baptizing  any  who  may  not  have  been  previously 
baptized,  he  shall  say: 

Brethren,  the  Church  is  of  God,  and  will  be 
preserved  to  the  end  of  time,  for  tlie  promotion 
of  his  worship  and  the  due  administration  of 


254    KECEPTION  AND    KECOGNITIOX 

his  word  and  ordinances — the  maintenance  of 
Christian  fellowship  and  discipline — the  edifi- 
cation of  believers,  and  the  conversion  of  the 
world.  All,  of  every  age  and  station,  stand  in 
need  of  the  means  of  grace  v/hich  it  alone  sup- 
plies ;  and  it  invites  all  alike  to  become  fellow- 
citizens  with  the  saints  and  of  the  household 
of  God.  But  as  none  who  have  arrived  at 
years  of  discretion  can  remain  witliin  its  pales, 
or  be  admitted  to  its  communion,  without  as- 
suming its  obligations,  it  is  my  duty  to  de- 
mand of  these  persons  present  whether  they 
are  resolved  to  assume  the  same. 

Then  shall  the  minister  address  the  candidates,  as 
follows: 

Dearly  beloved,  you  profess  to  have  a  desire 
to  flee  from  the  wrath  to  come,  and  to  be  saved 
from  your  sins;  you  seek  the  fellowship  of  the 
people  of  God,  to  assist  you  in  working  out 
your  salvation;  I  therefore  demand  of  you: 

Do  you  solemnly,  in  the  presence  of  God  and 
this  congregation,  ratify  and  confirm  the  prom- 
ise and  vow  of  repentance,  faith,  and  obedi- 
ence, contained  in  the  baptismal  covenant? 

Ans.  I  do,  God  being  my  helper. 

Will  you  be  subject  to  the  discipline  of  the 
Church,  attend  upon  its  ordinances,  and  sup- 
port its  institutions? 

Ans.  I  will  endeavor  so  to  do,  by  the  help 
of  God. 

The  minister  shall  then  say  to  the  candidates: 

We  rejoice  to  recognize  you  as  members  of 
the  Church  of  Christ,  and  bid  you  welcome  to 
all  its  privileges ;  and  in  token  of  our  brotherly 
iove,  we  give  you  the  right-hand  of  fellowship, 
and  pray  that  you  may  be  both  numbered  with 


OF   CHUKCH-MEMBERS.  255 

his  peoi)le  here,  and  with  his  saints  in  glory 
everlasting. 

The  minister  shall  then  say  to  the  congregation: 

Brethren,  I  commend  to  your  love  and  care 
tliese  persons  whom  we  this  day  recognize  as 
members  of  tlie  Church  of  Christ.  Do  all  in 
your  power  to  increase  their  faith,  confirm  their 
hope,  and  perfect  them  in  love. 

Then  mRV  follow  a  hvmn  suitnble  to  the  occasion  (as 
881-8S9— New  Hynin-book,  308-313),  and  the  minis- 
ter shall  say, 

Let  us  pray. 

Almighty  God,  we  thank  thee  for  founding 
thy  Church,  and  promising  that  the  gates  of 
hell  shall  not  prevail  against  it.  We  bless  thee 
for  calling  us  to  the  fellowship  of  thy  people, 
and  for  numbering  us  with  the  sons  and  daugh- 
ters of  the  Lord  Almiglity.  We  especially 
praise  thy  name  for  enabling  these  thy  serv- 
ants to  avouch  the  Lord  to  be  their  God.  Help 
them  to  perform  the  promise  and  vow  which 
they  have  made,  to  renounce  the  devil,  the 
world,  and  the  flesh;  to  believe  the  record 
which  thou  hast  given  of  thy  Son ;  and  to 
walk  in  all  thy  commandments  and  ordinances 
blameless,  to  the  end  of  their  lives.  May  their 
communion  with  thy  people  be  sanctified  to 
their  growth  in  grace  and  in  the  knowledge  of 
our  Lord  and  Saviour  Jesus  Christ,  being  nour- 
islied  and  knit  together,  increasing  with  the 
increase  of  God.  May  tliy  people  do  them 
good,  and  may  they  prove  a  blessing  to  tliy  peo- 
ple. And  grant,  O  Lord,  that  all  who  are  here 
members  of  thy  militant  Church,  througli  thy 
mercy,  the  merit  of  thy  Son,  and  the  grace  of 
thy  Spirit,  may  finally  be  made  members  of 
tliy  triumphant  Church  in  lieaven.     Amea. 


256   RECEPTION  AND  RECOGNITION. 

Almiglitv  and  everlasting  God,  Heavenlr 
Father,  we  give  thee  humble  thanks,  for  that 
thou  hast  vouchsafed  to  call  us  to  the  knowl- 
edge of  thy  grace,  and  faith  in  thee  :  increase 
tliis  knowledge  and  confirm  this  ftiith  in  us 
evermore.  Give  tliy  Holy  Spirit  to  these  per- 
sons, that  they,  being  born  again,  may  be  made 
heirs  of  everlasting  salvation,  through  our 
Lord  Jesus  Christ,  who  liveth  and  reignetli 
with  thee  and  the  Holy  Spirit,  now  and  for- 
ever.    Amen. 

Our  Father  who  art  in  heaven,  hallowed  be 
thy  name;  thy  kingdom  come;  thy  will  be 
done  on  earth,  as  it  is  in  heaven;  giye  us  this 
day  our  daily  bread ;  and  forgive  us  our  tres- 
passes, as  we  forgive  tliose  who  tres})ass  against 
us;  and  lead  us  not  into  temptation,  but  de- 
liver us  from  evil.     Amen. 


The  En». 


